Foreign Affairs

Emails reveal Sue Gray was unhappy with foreign secretary’s decision to waive £6,000 room charge for Institute for Free Trade

Theresa May will set out her confirmed Brexit strategy next week following talks between top ministers and senior officials 

Government insists agreed transition will have an end date, ahead of a Brexit war Cabinet meeting in Chequers 

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

Independent review offers five recommendations to help department deliver aid more effectively

Former chief scientific adviser to government has warned tough post-Brexit migration rules could hamper scientific research

International development secretary Penny Mordaunt gives charities two-week deadline to confirm all concerns have been reported to Charity Commission

Inquiry by MPs found immigration and border system already understaffed, with problems likely to be compounded by uncertainty over Brexit

New unit set up in department to tackle safeguarding across the aid sector

Report highlights the need for system to be in place before the UK leaves the European Union in May 2019

Response to FOI request also reveals that department spends £66m a year on IT

The department’s Richard Burn named HM trade commissioner for China during UK government’s three-day trade mission