Environment secretary green lit GB-NI trade assistance scheme despite 'intolerable' risks
29 Jan 2021 Foreign Affairs
Environment secretary green lit GB-NI trade assistance scheme despite 'intolerable' risks
Movement Assistance Scheme given the go-ahead despite falling short of all the Treasury tests for managing public money
Raab confirms aid cut and pledges a 'more integrated approach' to ODA
27 Jan 2021 Foreign Affairs
Raab confirms aid cut and pledges a 'more integrated approach' to ODA
Departmental split will ensure aid "has greater coherence and delivers most value for money", foreign secretary claims
Brexit negotiator to head up UK Mission to the EU
22 Jan 2021 Foreign Affairs
Brexit negotiator to head up UK Mission to the EU
Former FCDO director general for EU exit Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby named as successor to Tim Barrow
Border Force hit Brexit recruitment target – but only with agency staff
22 Jan 2021 Foreign Affairs
Border Force hit Brexit recruitment target – but only with agency staff
Officials accused of playing down impact of post-EU changes on goods heading to Northern Ireland
Theresa May accuses Boris Johnson of ‘abandoning’ UK’s ‘moral leadership’
20 Jan 2021 Foreign Affairs
Theresa May accuses Boris Johnson of ‘abandoning’ UK’s ‘moral leadership’
Former prime minister says decision to row back on development aid commitments and threat to break international law in Internal Market Bill damaged UK’s credibility
Johnson will not mourn end of Trump presidency, says ex-cab sec Sedwill
19 Jan 2021 Foreign Affairs
Johnson will not mourn end of Trump presidency, says ex-cab sec Sedwill
Former cabinet secretary says those who claimed PM would have preferred Biden to lose US election were “mistaken”
PM says UK must prepare for a no-deal Brexit
11 Dec 2020 Foreign Affairs
PM says UK must prepare for a no-deal Brexit
Boris Johnson says there is a "prospect and possibility" of leaving EU on December 31 without a trade deal
Defra confident of ‘smooth and orderly transfer’ to post-Brexit import IT system
09 Dec 2020 Foreign Affairs
Defra confident of ‘smooth and orderly transfer’ to post-Brexit import IT system
Minister says incoming platform has been subjected to ‘intense scrutiny’
NI businesses raise 'grave concerns' about HMRC border IT
04 Dec 2020 Foreign Affairs
NI businesses raise 'grave concerns' about HMRC border IT
Warning comes after IT director says there is “work to do during the month of December” on the Customs Declaration Service
Ex-UKIP MP Douglas Carswell joins DIT board
03 Dec 2020 Foreign Affairs
Ex-UKIP MP Douglas Carswell joins DIT board
Former Labour spad Andrew Hood also named as department's lead non-executive board member
Home Office’s points-based immigration system opens to applicants
02 Dec 2020 Foreign Affairs
Home Office’s points-based immigration system opens to applicants
Post-Brexit visa scheme offers skilled-workers right to work in UK for five years
Dropping 0.7% aid-spending commitment 'fundamentally wrong', government told
27 Nov 2020 Foreign Affairs
Dropping 0.7% aid-spending commitment 'fundamentally wrong', government told
"Temporary" ODA cut has sparked a ministerial resignation, while a union warns it could affect jobs