Foreign Affairs

Jonathan Slater urges staff to put themselves forward for “vital” roles

Home secretary Sajid Javid says plan for £30,000 earnings thresholds in post-Brexit migration system will be discussed further

Department looks to put 50-strong team on standby for Brexit-related crises

Brexit select committee also seeks continued scrutiny role following mooted machinery of government changes

The committee also warned that uncertainty about future border arrangements "will make it extremely challenging for the Home Office" to prepare for the future

HMRC, Defra and cross-departmental borders group urged to update MPs on contingency-planning work

The Home Office showed "little inclination to look seriously" at its resourcing for translating documents, David Bolt said.

DfID’s Fergus McBean won the Use of Evidence Award at this year’s Civil Service Awards through an innovative approach to inform cholera prevention in war-torn Yemen. He tells Naomi Larsson how the department did it

Greater awareness about the benefits of multilingualism would help boost crucial post-Brexit areas including international relations and trade, say researchers

Former Department for International Trade chief says there is no evidence of global deals being struck to rival current EU relationship

PCS boss says members report lack of preparedness for cliff-edge exit from European Union in March

Institute for Government says department has to put officials’ accountability at the heart of new review

Any move to add regulatory functions onto the work of departments would require assurances over the independence of oversight, says think tank

Public Accounts Committee points to rising fraud and error projections amid ‘daunting workload’

Foreign secretary confirms move to recruit from outside government as part of “the biggest expansion of Britain’s diplomatic network for a generation”

Foreign secretary also reveals plan to hire 1,000 new diplomats to boost Foreign Office capability and boost to the number of language courses

Sir David Wright appointed as chair designate, with Electoral Commission head Claire Bassett named as chief executive designate

Trading on uncertified schedules after Brexit presents “a number of potential problems”,

Javid pledges review to ensure system is ‘fair and humane’ following revelation that visa applications were wrongly denied

Report comes as prime minister prepares to tell MPs that 95% of EU withdrawal agreement is in place, but Irish border issue remains

EU summit concludes Brexit deal unlikely to be signed off next month as negotiations continue

International development secretary Penny Mordaunt calls for ‘national conversation’ to promote private investment in aid as part of reset of DfID’s work

Carole Mundell is the first departmental science adviser to be appointed since Patrick Vallance became government chief scientific adviser in April

Raab rejected "lurid predictions" about the negative consequences of leaving the EU without a deal