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BEIS perm sec will move to become Cabinet Office perm sec as he takes on roles held by John Manzoni

Chancellor says government will boost R&D spending to £22bn a year by 2024-25

Policies "not yet operating with the consistency and coordination, nor with the scale" needed to meet industrial strategy goals

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

Lond-awaited energy white paper finally on its way, business secretary tells MPs

PCS says contractors' use of agency staff to cover industrial action may have broken the law

Business department also aims to save £10m a year from research councils merger

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

Policy Institute warns that current Whitehall structures "lack of strategic thinking and leadership" to implement the industrial strategy

After the merger of DECC and BIS, the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's permanent secretary Alex Chisholm tells CSW that his department's low ranking for "organisational objectives and purpose" will be addressed in the next Civil Service People Survey

Nine days after his appointment as permanent secretary of the Department of Energy & Climate Change, Alex Chisholm suddenly found himself running the newly-formed Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Here he talks merging ministries, Brexit and championing both business and consumers with Sam Macrory

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Permanent secretary, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy