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Tech solution to Irish border 'won't be ready until 2030', Home Office warns
Leaked document warns "government does not have the strongest track record on delivery of large tech projects"
BEIS working up plans for new labour abuses regulator
Business department also aims to save £10m a year from research councils merger
Housing tsar Roger Scruton sacked over 'unacceptable' comments
Academic dismissed as housing adviser after making remarks about "Soros empire"
Gove unveils post-Brexit Defra agencies review
Environment secretary also reveals rising number of secondments from Natural England
No-deal plans for maintaining environmental standards 'suboptimal', Gove admits
Interim secretariat of 16 civil servants won't fulfil all of planned regulator's functions, environment secretary tells MPs
Treasury launches hunt for private infrastructure investment models – but rules out PFI replacement
Consultation seeks views on whether the UK should develop its own infrastructure finance institution after Brexit
Tech solution to Irish border 'won't be ready until 2030', Home Office warns
Leaked document warns "government does not have the strongest track record on delivery of large tech projects"
Roundtable: Addressing national security challenges through the Fusion Doctrine
One year on from the launch of the Fusion Doctrine, there are still obstacles to achieving this ‘whole-system’ approach towards national security objectives. CSW, in partnership with PA Consulting...
Setting up DExEU was 'misguided'
Brexit negotiations were also undermined by politicians' distrust of civil servants, think tank says
Defence & security focus: Two of the PM's key advisers share their thoughts
As the UK faces increasingly complex global threats, our defence and security organisations must work more collaboratively than ever. Here, CSW hears from Madeleine Alessandri, the prime...
Home Office denies 'degrading' conditions in asylum housing and rejects call for independent review
Government says it's "not the case" that it takes outsourcers at their word when they say they're providing high-quality accommodation
MoJ and Defra consultancy spending soars
Courts programme boosts justice department's consultants bill
Grayling stands by no-deal ferry procurement despite £33m hit
Transport secretary admits government can't recover Eurotunnel payout if no-deal Brexit is avoided
Home Office admits Windrush victims data breach
Department reports itself to Information Commissioner after hundreds of potential victims’ email addresses are wrongly shared
Gus O’Donnell: we should expect a public inquiry into Brexit
Former cabinet secretary also says Sir Mark Sedwill faces "mission impossible"
DWP rapped for ‘disappointing’ lack of insight on helping disabled people find jobs
National Audit Office says department only has a limited evidence base, two years into 10-year drive to boost employment levels
Search launched for new head of drugs regulator
New pharmaceutical regulator chief must oversee industry's post-Brexit transition
Health department offers £200k for next chief medical officer
The successful candidate must be medically qualified, with a “considerable national profile” DHSC insists
Defra seeks next chief scientific adviser
Department offers £120k a year for leader tasked with ensuring science and evidence stay "at the heart" of its post-Brexit operations
Sedwill: It’s ‘not reasonable' to say Emergency Services Network and DBS projects failed
Cabinet secretary admits he was "always uneasy" about the Home Office's overly ambitious ESN programme but insists it's not a failure
Public standards watchdog to probe use of artificial intelligence
Data-enabled technologies can present "major ethical and practical challenges" for public bodies, committee chair Lord Evans says
Institute for Apprenticeships seeks new chief exec
Non-departmental public body with responsibility for T-levels offers up to £140k a year for next boss
Brexit chaos gives civil servants ‘leverage on pay’ says union chief
Whitehall’s biggest union urges members to capitalise on government disarray in pending strike ballot
Skills and Apprenticeships Guide 2019
The latest news and views on apprenticeships and skills policy in 2019.
Culture change: Dame Sue Owen on bullying in the civil service, existential crises, and what she'll miss about Whitehall
As she steps down from the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport, perm sec Dame Sue Owen talks to Suzannah Brecknell about abrasive behaviours, existential crises, and why she’s no...
Winning the 2012 Olympics, being a female leader in government, and working with Tessa Jowell: Lunch with Dame Sue Street
The former permanent secretary of the culture department chews the fat with Suzannah Brecknell
2018 Civil Service Award winners announced in ceremony that paid tribute to Sir Jeremy Heywood
Department for Transport, Ministry of Justice, Cabinet Office and Department for Work and Pensions teams among those honoured at ceremony