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Post-Brexit Britain “could lose its research edge” unless departments step up, say public spending watchdogs

Cabinet Office minister Caroline Nokes says Government Digital Service has "come of age", and insists she has never met an obstructive civil servant

Bureaucrat-turned-academic Gary Sturgess argues Whitehall needs to up its game on public service contracting and commissioning. Jim Dunton reports

Former Post Office and MoJ man Neil Hayward replaces Peter Gregory at DfT firm

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

Appointment is the second new Cabinet minister in a week

Clare Moriarty led the scoping work on faith and belief for the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

Tax department chief reveals HMRC has requested but not received more details on the Paradise Papers document leak on offshore investment

Steve Lamey will be succeeded on an interim basis by outgoing ESFA chief Peter Lauener

Amyas Morse tells MPs that ministerial directions are too rare and departments must re-prioritise ahead of Brexit

If government has to give a running commentary on the Brexit talks, then the negotiations will suffer. Sometimes secrecy can be in the national interest