Energy & Environment

Environment secretary praises ‘brilliant’ Defra staff but rubbishes bureaucracy and ‘haphazard’ inspection regimes

Philip Rutnam and predecessor Mark Sedwill join HMRC’s Edward Troup in list of public servants recognised by the Queen

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

Peers question MPs' decision to further redact Brexit documents and call on David Davis to publish entire papers

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

NAO report warns of stiff competition in recruitment and department’s funding and workload challenges

Auditor review of Green Investment Bank privatisation concludes efforts to ensure firm’s liabilities were off the public sector balance sheet could have reduced sale price

Department leads on over one-fifth of the cross-Whitehall projects that need to be implemented for EU exit, according to auditors

Flagship government document identifies four "grand challenges" that UK must address to take advantage of global economic trends

Report by MPs concluded that departments did not show ministers risks of different possible funding schemes for Hinckley Point C nuclear scheme

Post-Brexit Britain “could lose its research edge” unless departments step up, say public spending watchdogs

RAC says plans to introduce clean air zones in cities could be hindered by lack of access to information

Sinn Féin and DUP given two weeks to agree new power-sharing deal or face Westminster intervention on budget

Behavioural Insights Team annual report details its work with departments, including ‘TripAdvisor-style’ feedback tool to help CCS boost spend with SMEs

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science granted planning permission for state-of-the art Lowestoft base

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July 2016 as part of changes announced when Theresa May became prime minister. Civil Service World met Angie Ridgwell and Jaee Samant, the civil servants responsible for the transition programme from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, to reflect on the process. By Richard Johnstone

Union says Nuclear Decommissioning Authority cannot be held solely responsible for failings detailed by National Audit Office

Stephen Lovegrove told MPs that nuclear power plant deal with EDF would have collapsed had his department tried to renegotiate terms

Prof Ian Boyd cancels decision to step down and pledges to stay on for “at least another year”

Offer to ‘transform pay system’ of weather forecaster follows legal action from female employees earning £7,000 less than male colleagues

DExEU, Cabinet Office, and Defra under fire for refusal to answer information requests

The recently merged department lacks strategic coherence and authentic leaders – civil servants won't take it any more

Agency is the second government enforcement arm to trial cameras for protection this month

New owner Macquarie has changed GIB’s name to overcome regulatory barriers to overseas investments