Transport

Ten-member team to report on case for controversial £55.7bn project by December

Providers told supplies could take up to five days to deliver – up from three days set out in February guidance

Virgin Trains, which has run the line since privatisation, loses out to new operator including Italian state-owned firm

£300m spending cap accounts for possible frequency of “disruption events”, including border delays

Government rethinks approach after DfT's attempt to secure freight capacity for first Brexit deadline 'cost £85m'

Infrastructure and Projects Authority reveals Brexit may be improving project delivery across government through more efficient ways of working

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

Benefits agreed in £33m Eurotunnel settlement “little more than window dressing”, MPs say

Nick Smallwood replaces Tony Meggs at joint Treasury and Cabinet Office agency

Lidington pledges government will only pay for capacity it uses after £50m payout to scrap no-deal ferry contracts

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

£940,000 bill does not include VAT or cost of departmental officials' time

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

Speaking at a think-tank event, Lord Macpherson also offered thoughts on the economy to incoming prime minister, while Treasury Select Committee chair said a full leadership contest is needed “so the maddest ideas perhaps don’t make it to asking for official civil service advice”. 

NAO report also reveals the department considered it was unlikely to be able defend any action against it for breaching procurement rules

Move comes as government at winds down emergency no-deal Brexit planning

Stagecoach says that leak of its plans for East Midlands franchise requires further investigation

Worst-case scenario timescale emerges after MPs voice doubts about official 2020 target

Dutch government-owned Abellio will take over East Midlands franchise

Transport secretary admits government can't recover Eurotunnel payout if no-deal Brexit is avoided

MPs call on department to set out consequences faced by officials for £17.6bn rail project’s late running

Department for Transport insists “HS2 is happening" as release of funds delayed

Department for Transport-funded services start as one firm says "there is no turning back at this late stage"