Leadership

Emergency committee meeting planned after PM visits hospital to discuss preparations for treating virus

Serco Health director Abi Tierney will lead HM Passport Office and UK Visas and Immigration

FDA union says divorcing spads from ministers means the role essentially becomes a policy adviser recruited outside impartiality rules

Knife crime has hit a record high in England but it is hardly a new phenomenon. Jonathan Owen looks at what is driving current levels and how police and civil servants are responding in new ways

UK2070 commission calls for 20-year commitment to Shared Prosperity Fund and radical decentralisation of funding

IFS sets out Budget bind in analysis of public finances ahead of 11 March statement

Department chief will oversee a "growing portfolio of financial investments in housing and infrastructure delivery", according to job advert

 Former cab sec and home secretary advise officials to resolve disputes behind closed doors in letters to The Times

Union slams report of a list of officials that No.10 would like to replace

The Conservative Party’s newfound interest in the north of England could be a game-changer for civil servants. Or it might just be a passing fad

Applicants given an additional month to apply to head finance watchdog

Prospect survey concern that staff will not be involved in decisions about how future tech is implemented