Energy & Environment

Unprecedented report makes demands of six departments and calls for better oversight to ‘prevent policy from working at cross-purposes’

Report highlights warnings of a ‘crisis-driven’ approach of local authorities increasingly focus on providing core statutory social services

Weather service’s deputy Nick Jobling to take over until a permanent chief executive is appointed

MPs slam Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for needlessly complex contract but add that business department and Treasury cannot escape blame

Foreign and Commonwealth Office to remove all avoidable single-use plastics from UK estate by end of year

Cap plan comes after select committee called for government action on “dysfunctional” energy market

Environment select committee calls on department to analyse impact of Brexit on agriculture and introduce fund for UK farmers

Department consults on revamp of its Public Attitudes Tracker to cover workers’ rights and corporate transparency

Move follows Public Accounts Committee observation that up-front borrowing could have reduced the cost to consumers of the £20bn Hinkley Point C project

Programme manager bags runner up slot in literary springboard the Costa Short Story Award

Data shows scale of challenge to remove single use plastics from across Whitehall

BEIS programme manager makes literary springboard’s ‘final three’