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Committee on Climate Change report found reductions in greenhouse gas emissions have stalled in past five years

Department pledges to take more notice of green building certification and increase use of low-emission vehicles

MPs criticise department for not knowing where to spend £7bn pump-priming cashpot

David Sterling tells inquiry his workforce cannot be expected to deliver beyond their resources and skills sets as power vacuum continues

National Cyber Security Centre issues guidance on boosting security amid risk of blackout and data theft from Russian attacks

MPs slam Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for needlessly complex contract but add that business department and Treasury cannot escape blame

Cap plan comes after select committee called for government action on “dysfunctional” energy market

Department consults on revamp of its Public Attitudes Tracker to cover workers’ rights and corporate transparency

Move follows Public Accounts Committee observation that up-front borrowing could have reduced the cost to consumers of the £20bn Hinkley Point C project

Former Network Rail chief exec and Olympics infrastructure tsar will succeed Andrew Adonis on a permanent basis

Just five local authorities bid for cash from government infrastructure scheme designed to accelerate delivery of on-street power points

Auditor review of Green Investment Bank privatisation concludes efforts to ensure firm’s liabilities were off the public sector balance sheet could have reduced sale price

Report by MPs concluded that departments did not show ministers risks of different possible funding schemes for Hinckley Point C nuclear scheme

Behavioural Insights Team annual report details its work with departments, including ‘TripAdvisor-style’ feedback tool to help CCS boost spend with SMEs

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July 2016 as part of changes announced when Theresa May became prime minister. Civil Service World met Angie Ridgwell and Jaee Samant, the civil servants responsible for the transition programme from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, to reflect on the process. By Richard Johnstone

Union says Nuclear Decommissioning Authority cannot be held solely responsible for failings detailed by National Audit Office

Stephen Lovegrove told MPs that nuclear power plant deal with EDF would have collapsed had his department tried to renegotiate terms

The recently merged department lacks strategic coherence and authentic leaders – civil servants won't take it any more

New owner Macquarie has changed GIB’s name to overcome regulatory barriers to overseas investments

After a career at the top of industry, Tony Meggs joined the civil service to lead Whitehall’s work on project management. He speaks to Richard Johnstone about improving delivery across government and his ambitions for the profession

Institute for Government says High Speed 1 rail link and Thames Tideway tunnel are among projects where government may have made the wrong investment decision

National Audit Office says department did not look carefully enough at other ways to fund new nuclear plant

Martin Stanley recalls his own shift into the world of watchdogs and introduces his new ‘Understanding Regulation’ website

Ministers accused of having to bow to demands to keep manufacturing jobs in Britain after Brexit