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Straw poll of Prospect members finds more than three-quarters are dissatisfied with government’s handling of negotiations 

The Department for Exiting the EU released a raft of technical notices on preparing for a no-deal Brexit. We look at what they reveal

Department picks up coveted Royal Statistical Society award

MPs demand answers after reports the department favours weaker powers than those currently exercised by the European Commission

At the first Civil Service World leadership lecture, Defra permanent secretary Clare Moriarty shared the four principles that inform her leadership style. Suzannah Brecknell reports

MPs urge Defra to admit it has an unmanageable workload and accuse DIT of lacking the capacity to do new trade deals

Perm sec Antonia Romeo argues delaying work until the department has statutory powers would put Brexit readiness at risk, in the third Whitehall direction for post-EU spending

New mechanisms required to enable all four governments to jointly agree post-Brexit policy, according to think tank

Report calls for Ministry of Housing to reclaim powers to support rural communities

Environment select committee calls on department to analyse impact of Brexit on agriculture and introduce fund for UK farmers

Describing GDS as "well-meaning but increasingly peripheral", departments are starting to take back digital responsibilities. This is a mistake

Unions set to raise issue of workload pressures with Defra secretary of state at first meeting since 2010

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs strategy includes Whitehall ban on “single use” plastic forks, straws and bottles

Environment secretary praises ‘brilliant’ Defra staff but rubbishes bureaucracy and ‘haphazard’ inspection regimes

Peers question MPs' decision to further redact Brexit documents and call on David Davis to publish entire papers

Watchdog’s snapshot shows BEIS has biggest numeric burden, followed by Defra

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

Targeted marketing campaign results in “excellence in awareness-raising” gong

DExEU, Cabinet Office, and Defra under fire for refusal to answer information requests

Paul Caldwell confirmed as permanent head of troubled Defra distribution arm

Close ally of Theresa May will take on responsibility for civil service as ‘deputy prime minister in all but name’ while Michael Gove returns to government

Untangling the UK’s complicated relationship with European environmental policies and subsidies could be the hardest part of leaving the EU. Mark Rowe reports

Outgoing Food Standards Agency chief executive Catherine Brown believed she had a job with a low media profile until the horse meat scandal raced over the horizon. She tells Mark Smulian about the changes she has made in the department over the last five years and her plans for the future

Department also pledges to develop new agriculture and land use plans ahead of Brexit