Leadership

Matt Hancock issues instruction to ensure no “barrier or delay” to taking action in “extraordinary circumstances”

Cabinet secretary pays tribute to Cheshire as  "a great personal support and source of wise counsel" to senior colleagues

McCallum, currently deputy director general of the Security Service, will take over from Sir Andrew Parker at the end of April

BEIS perm sec will move to become Cabinet Office perm sec as he takes on roles held by John Manzoni

Pocklington succeeds Melanie Dawes, who became Ofcom chief exec in February

The prime minister's letter will be sent to 30 million households, Number 10 said. Read it in full here

Comments come as PM’s top adviser Dominic Cummings self-isolates after developing symptoms

But HMRC and Border Force workers are still among the most stressed parts of the civil service, according to poll data

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Delayed results of sentiment poll paint broad picture of ongoing improvement

The UK government blazed a trail on digital innovation, but others are catching up fast and it would be all too easy to squander the advantage of earlier work

Steven Dick worked as the deputy head of mission in Hungary

MPs and campaigners say department will not be trusted after report said the department had shown decades of "ignorance and thoughtlessness" on race.

The Government Digital Service was created to be a radical agent of reform. Director general Alison Pritchard tells PublicTechnology that, while it now prefers to work more collaboratively, it still has the stomach for a scrap

Business and employee support schemes open for business this week

Downing Street strengthens messaging as Boris Johnson closes shops and tells people to stay at home

Online drive blamed for tens of thousands of potentially bogus requests, says National Audit Office

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Cabinet Office and DfE reveal list of occupations where people will still be able to send their children to education settings

If a week is a long time in politics, the 36 months since the Cabinet Office launched its Government Transformation Strategy is a proper age. SA Mathieson unpacks progress to date and casts an eye toward the future

Full details of new range of powers across five key areas

Since its launch in 2017, the ONS Data Science Campus has delivered many innovative projects to support the government’s work in areas ranging from Brexit negotiations to the early stages of the coronavirus response. We talk to managing director Tom Smith to find out more

The Rutnam resignation has exposed underlying tensions between ministers and civil servants, says Institute for Government programme director Alex Thomas