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Philip Rycroft has spent much of his career working on devolution – the biggest force for change in the UK’s government until the EU referendum. He led the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to the end of March this year, helping government try to deliver the result of that referendum. Suzannah Brecknell caught up with him to find out more about why that’s been so hard, and what Brexit means for devolution.
Former director general for EU exit has been interim permanent secretary since April
Department highlights training of mental health first aiders globally as part of its efforts to improve further
Grade 6 post will have join team developing the National Data Strategy
Theresa May announces boost to powers of Competition and Markets Authority to improve protection for consumers
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Department’s chief digital information officer tells Civil Service World about transforming working practices and service delivery at the UK tax authority, and why improving diversity starts with leaders who are self-aware
Seven months after launching recruitment campaign, department reveals interim digital chief will continue in role
Speaking at a think-tank event, Lord Macpherson also offered thoughts on the economy to incoming prime minister, while Treasury Select Committee chair said a full leadership contest is needed “so the maddest ideas perhaps don’t make it to asking for official civil service advice”.
The scale, constraints and pressure of Brexit have very few comparators – and the clock is ticking. Is it any wonder that the complexity of trying to deliver it is keeping civil servants up at night?
Read CSW's list of civil servants honoured
In the latest of our series about civil service leavers, we meet former deputy principal private secretary to the prime minister Ed Whiting, who is now director of strategy for the Wellcome Trust
Public health professor has been a chief scientific adviser to government departments for a decade
Former Treasury second perm sec Sharon White to join retailer on far-from-undersold pay package
Civil servants could be either ‘too fresh or too jaded’ to maximise no-deal Brexit preparation for October, highlights think tank
A permanent replacement for outgoing stats chief to be announced in "late summer", UKSA says
In these unprecedented circumstances, we should ditch the convention of confidentiality around civil servants’ advice to ministers – for the good of us all, says the FDA general secretary
As Tory hopefuls set out their stall for the role of PM, the civil service had better prepare for deckchair shuffling and another round of pointless departmental name changes
A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre
May will step down as Conservative leader on 7 June, but will remain head of government until a new leader is in place
PM sets out measures intended to get MPs to back Brexit deal, including vow to complete work on "alternative arrangements" to the controversial Irish backstop by the end of 2020