Leadership

Government “must not be naïve enough to assume that a verbal agreement to maintain the status quo constitutes a watertight guarantee” says select committee

Julie Taylor is committed to the civil service’s apprenticeship strategy and tells us more about its ambition and success

Weather service’s deputy Nick Jobling to take over until a permanent chief executive is appointed

Civil service unions urge politicians to give workers same rights to fair pay that they enjoy

Public Accounts Committee calls for a framework tracking number of contracts companies hold across government

Government refutes Public Accounts Committee suggestion it is being reckless on potential for hard exit from EU

Former DIT permanent secretary calls for the Brexit debate to focus on the evidence, following personal criticism from international trade secretary Liam Fox

Jeremy Richardson explains how the British policy-making style has been steadily shifting away from governance and towards government, and why Brexit should usher in a return to the former

Foreign and Commonwealth Office to remove all avoidable single-use plastics from UK estate by end of year

Officials outlined changes to rail franchising and told MPs trade unions refused to engage over Govia Thameslink franchise

Former international trade permanent secretary Martin Donnelly to give speech undermining Brexit vision of Liam Fox 

Official watchdog investigation also revealed former universities minister Jo Johnson interfered in recruitment process