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Party’s spending pledge on pay for public servants intended to “undo the damage caused” by pay cap, says Jeremy Corbyn

Manifesto pledge details plans for four new ministries and scrap ‘symbol of fear’ DWP as part of moves to halt Universal Credit rollout

Party’s election pledge also includes development of new charter of digital rights

Shadow chancellor announces resurrection of government regional offices and a Treasury unit to oversee new Social Transformation Fund to be based outside the capital

Analysis of policies drawn up as part of policy planning, government confirms

Labour confirms Corbyn has requested talks as Johnson fails to call election for second time

Corbyn announces policy in constituency of former DWP secretary Iain Duncan Smith

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer also raises prospect of a Brexit public inquiry under a Labour government

Labour say report reveals 'unconstitutional political intervention', but FDA accuses Times of reporting 'tittle-tattle over coffee' as if it was the settled view of civil servants

Talks have been ongoing for a month as part of efforts to find a way to pass withdrawal agreement reached with European Union

Senior shadow cabinet figure Andrew Gwynne revealed his concerns about central government to deliver Labour’s policy platform

Automation can create jobs with the right policies in place, deputy leader Tom Watson says in new report

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour is working on policy implementation plans that could be handed to civil servants

Conservative manifesto set to be ‘pruned’ due to minority government, say ministers 

Influential research institute says main parties’ policy proposals – including on public-sector pay – mask the real choices facing the nation and their consequences

This time last year, Louise Haigh had only just become an MP. Now she’s Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow Cabinet Office minister, holding the government to account on civil service issues – and making her voice heard on Whitehall’s diversity record. Matt Foster meets her

Former head of the civil service drafts in TUC chief Frances O'Grady and ex-KPMG deputy Alan Buckle to assess whether the Treasury is "fit for purpose"

Former head of the civil service asked by Labour to "review the operation of the Treasury itself" – as shadow chancellor John McDonnell signals major shift in the opposition's economic policy

MP Louise Haigh replaces Chi Onwurah as shadow Cabinet Office minister for digital 

Opposition's deputy leader named as new shadow minister for the Cabinet Office

David Cameron to return to Downing Street as party defies predictions of a hung parliament