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More than 30 Tories side against government to defeat change to rules on use of official resources in run-up to the European Union vote
Catherine Arnold, Britain's ambassador in Mongolia, on promoting 'Brand GB' in east-central Asia – and why challenging perceptions is so important
As co-founders of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership, the Ministry of Defence is at the forefront of efforts to tackle the rising threat of cyber attack. Sarah Aston talks to the MoD’s cyber industry deputy head Daniel Selman
Colin Marrs speaks to Tom Woodroffe – former adviser to William Hague – about the Foreign Office’s mission to put tackling sexual violence in conflict at the top of the international agenda
The UK’s deputy ambassador to Spain, Daniel Pruce, tells us what it’s like looking after Brits abroad – and why working across departments is so important
Simon McDonald, UK ambassador to Germany since 2010, to take up post as FCO's most senior official from September
Jess Bowie breaks bread with the outspoken chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
When Foreign Office letters on a plan to move the entire population of Hong Kong to Northern Ireland turned up at the National Archives, many media outlets failed to spot the hoax. Former FCO official David Snoxell shares the story behind the correspondence, and warns against humour-free diplomacy
Philip Hammond tells MPs that while Treasury's 25% and 40% cuts call likely to be "aspirational", FCO must make "strategic" savings
Cabinet secretary says proposed purdah rule change is needed to eliminate legal uncertainty for ministers, and says civil service impartiality will not be undermined
Sir Simon Fraser expresses regret over lack of women on shortlist to succeed him as Foreign Office permanent secretary
Former health secretary says top civil servant's judgement "open to question" as MPs launch inquiry into "purdah" rule change ahead of EU vote
Chancellor uses first Conservative-only Budget to announce four more years of public sector pay restraint
Permanent secretary Sir Simon Fraser tells CSW the FCO must have “a comparable offer” with other departments
Conservative backbenchers put pressure on Downing Street to ensure machinery of government remains neutral in run-up to the European referendum
Security review calls for “comprehensive and comprehensible new law” to govern security agencies’ surveillance powers
Independent Commission for Aid Impact says DfID’s aid measurement focuses too much on short term financial results over long term ‘transformative change’
Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman sides with Tory backbenchers in row over waiving neutrality for machinery of government in the run-up to the EU vote
Philip Hammond says campaigning to stay in a reformed Europe is "clear" government position
Policy-makers around the world are using open data to bolster their development programmes, says Liz Carolan of the Open Data Institute
Foreign Office announces that its permanent secretary Simon Fraser is to leave Whitehall at the end of July
Lord Kerslake tells the Financial Times pressure on other budgets could be made "more acute" by protection of defence spending
As winners of the Analysis and Use of Evidence Award at the 2014 Civil Service Awards, DfID’s Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme is at the forefront of Whitehall’s shift towards evidence-based policy. Sarah Aston meets team leader Dr Joanna Macrae
Report by MPs on the Defence Committee says UK must be prepared to deal with both 'unconventional and conventional threats'