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Sir Ian Boyd gives warning days before his departure as Defra chief scientist

Henderson will succeed Sir Ian Boyd in October

Emily Miles to head up watchdog from September after acting as environment ministry’s director general for EU Exit delivery 

Prospect members protest at imposition of rejected 1.3% pay offer

Former director general for EU exit has been interim permanent secretary since April

Committee report says legislation fails to ensure the Office for Environmental Protection will be truly independent

Courts programme boosts justice department's consultants bill

Department offers £120k a year for leader tasked with ensuring science and evidence stay "at the heart" of its post-Brexit operations

Interim secretariat of 16 civil servants won't fulfil all of planned regulator's functions, environment secretary tells MPs

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

Alan Evans joins HMRC at a "critical time for the department", says permanent secretary Jon Thompson

Prof Ian Boyd cancels decision to step down and pledges to stay on for “at least another year”

Longstanding top scientist at the environment department heading for the exit, in move Defra says comes at "natural end" of his fixed term