Foreign Affairs

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”