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Johnson promises to "mobilise the civil service" as he tells Gove to make no-deal planning "top priority"

Former DfE spad and Vote Leave chief Dominic Cummings set for key role as first cabinet appointments exepcted today

Internal memo praises civil service's 'commitment to serve the government, the country and your fellow citizens objectively and professionally”

Johnson promises “better infrastructure, better education, more police” and better broadband in acceptance speech

PACAC criticises lack of ministerial oversight and accountability for civil service learning and development

Overpayments estimated at £1.46bn are 'highest rate since 2011-12' annual report reveals

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Damning report says department has yet to “get a grip” on the troubled trans-capital rail line

PACAC concludes dual roles of producing and regulating official data compromise the public good in a climate of fake news 

£200m cladding scheme drawn from MHCLG’s existing budget is ‘insufficient’ select committee says

Further cost increases to much-delayed and over-budget programme "inevitable", committee says

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Perm sec’s letter to MPs details £321m in adjustments and £900m prisons-repair backlog

Committee says department is displaying "a distressing pattern" of ignoring calls to test the managed migration process before pilots

Committee endorses MHCLG nomination but says it's “disappointed” that it wasn't consulted on the selection process

Department has “no real understanding” of how well £12bn of pump-priming cash is being used, MPs warn

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Tweaks for 2019 include Public Value Framework sections but IfG warns openness project is still very much a work in progress

Meg Hillier also queries “surprising” lack of ministerial directions for some Brexit-related spending

Select committees have a key duty to hold those who hold power to account. Former MP Huw Edwards looks at how they have changed in the 40 years since they were created, and what parliamentarians are looking for when they are taking evidence.

Public Accounts Committee says department lacks detailed implementation plan for delivering policy

They play an increasingly important part in parliament’s scrutiny of government and can inspire dread in even the most experienced perm sec. Forty years on from the creation of the modern select committee on 25 June 1979, Richard Vize looks at how they affect policy – and the lives of civil servants

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Liaison Committee says select committees should grill any ministerial appointment nominee they want