Leadership

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights. Cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill kicks off our Whitehall roundup

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

Matthew Vickerstaff named as interim successor to government project chief ahead of a full recruitment drive in 2019

Whitehall projects chief to chair body constructing cross-London line as it is revealed project faces further delays to opening and requires £1.4bn in extra funds

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

When we evaluate public policy we reach for the rational lexicon, but this risks creating cold and ineffective public services

Local proposals to implement the government’s major economic plan are required by early 2020

“There were warning signs from enough different sources, over a long enough period, to collectively indicate a potential problem that merited further investigation," say auditors

House of Lords committee concludes that drive to tackle tax evasion “may have pressured staff to take a more aggressive approach”

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

Department publishes plan as independent review seeks to open up public appointments to more people with disabilities

Owen said she had been proud to lead the expansion of the department to take responsibility for policy areas including digital