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DfT says freight services will avoid Dover, Folkestone or Barking, where Brexit disruption is likely
All this week, CSW brings you a snapshot of progress on the Government Major Project Portfolio across four categories: military capability, ICT, infrastructure and construction, and transformation and service delivery. This section looks at some of Britain’s biggest building projects
All "non-compliant" vehicles without correct paperwork to be turned away at some ports, leak reveals
Warning comes as freight association head says there has been “too little debate" about longer-term post-Brexit border plans
Latest study also charts nosediving relations between government and parliament
Bernadette Kelly writes to NAO to provide departmental support for its inquiry into scheme as transport sec sets out cost hikes
Move follows anger over working conditions and overtime payments, says PCS
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
Civil servants forced to "negotiate" boundaries for work, says former director general Karen Wheeler
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