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Michael Gove tells MPs that the government remains prepared to leave EU with no agreement at the end of this month as publishes readiness report

The government’s one year Spending Round has brought very little security to departments. But it does recognise that government much be more strategic

The government quickly became the UK’s fifth largest airline following the closure of Monarch Airlines. After winning the project delivery excellence award at the 2018 Civil Service Awards, Eirik Pitkethly told Civil Service World earlier this year how the Department for Transport did it

Use of gagging clauses ends to improve "debate, transparency and exchange of information"

Policy think tanks have become important in the development of policy in a relatively short space of time. Colin Talbot and Carole Talbot ask if this a good thing

Latest move comes after Institute for Government warns government may never be as ready for no deal as it was in March

Government chief commercial officer Gareth Rhys Williams has set out ambitious plans to improve contract management across government. He tells CSW what has been achieved in the first six months of a new accreditation scheme

Office for Disability Issues expansion hailed as a "bold statement from the government" to address injustices

Does it really matter who represents your department at stakeholder meetings – or whether you’ve done a secondment outside Whitehall? Yes, says insider-turned-outsider John Dowie, who moved to work for First Bus after a 27-year civil service career. Here, sharing his observations of government from the other side, he explains why

In these unprecedented circumstances, we should ditch the convention of confidentiality around civil servants’ advice to ministers – for the good of us all, says the FDA general secretary

CCS issues contract notice for £380m online system

Lovegrove tells MPs contractors can use Whitehall site for parliament refurb 

Lynne Owens says £2.7bn funding boost in forthcoming Spending Review will help tackle £37bn annual cost of serious and organised crime

International trade secretary Liam Fox approves doubling of UKEF cover for exports despite warnings move would fall outside established risk framework

Government evaluation finds every £1 spent on the programme delivers £2.28 in economic benefits, with largest benefits for children at serious risk

Louise Bratchie wins emerging leader award from The Whitehall and Industry Group, with three other civil servants nominated for awards

The era of top-down public service delivery is giving way to a grassroots enablement mindset – and at a time when the chance to radically rethink government is more urgent than it has been for years

Awards will recognise best practice in corporate leadership, workspaces, technology, culture and people, and smarter working together

Committee inquiry demands action plan to fill skills gaps and calls for Treasury to set out how public value frameworks will be rolled out in Spending Review

Department kicks off a year of celebrations to mark 100 years since its creation

Users express sadness at loss of digital platform for forging relationships

Watchdog slams departmental response as ‘looking to obscure’ systemic weaknesses in the border and immigration system

Last year’s novichok attacks in Salisbury brought global threats to the doorstep of the government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. Chief executive Gary Aitkenhead tells Richard Johnstone how it is responding to the changing world

Rapid job changes across government costs money and is bad for policy. So why does it persist?