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Watchdog blasts BEIS handling of ‘risky and expensive’ Hinkley Point C deal
National Audit Office says department did not look carefully enough at other ways to fund new nuclear plant
DfT publishes Gibb report into Southern Railway woes
Transport secretary Chris Grayling insists services are improving and some recommendations are already being implemented
Deadline extended in economic adviser recruitment drive
Pan-Whitehall campaign seeks 70 new analysts, with Defra earmarked for biggest intake
Watchdog blasts BEIS handling of ‘risky and expensive’ Hinkley Point C deal
National Audit Office says department did not look carefully enough at other ways to fund new nuclear plant
Policymaker turned gamekeeper: what happens when civil servants move into regulation
Martin Stanley recalls his own shift into the world of watchdogs and introduces his new ‘Understanding Regulation’ website
Defra faces fresh court action over air quality proposals
Environmental campaigners seek High Court review of clean air proposals and consultation
Home Office names new Border Force director general
Paul Lincoln to lead immigration and customs-control body from September
Department for International Trade names first chief trade negotiation adviser
Crawford Falconer to advise on post-Brexit deals and lead development of trade profession across the civil service
Brexit negotiations: former Number 10 advisor Jonathan Powell on how to get the deal done
Veteran negotiator Jonathan Powell has had a hand in some of the most important deals in the UK’s recent history. He offers some Brexit wisdom to John Ashmore
Home Office names new Border Force director general
Paul Lincoln to lead immigration and customs-control body from September
DCLG ‘forced out Kensington council chief over Grenfell Tower fire’
Outgoing council chief claims local government secretary Sajid Javid told the authority to seek his resignation
Justice secretary confirms MoJ prison recruitment plan
Lidington pledges to continue reform programme, but Labour criticise lack of legislation the Queen’s Speech
DUP agree £1bn 'confidence and supply' deal to back Conservative minority government
Package will increase spending in areas including infrastructure and broadband as well as health funding
Government warned to expect rough ride from new committees
Conservative minority government’s Westminster woes will extend beyond the division lobbies, says think tank
DWP’s lone parent benefit cap ruled illegal
PCS union calls for end to “cruel and unnecessary” policy
Department of Health criticised for recruitment drive just weeks after staff cuts
Move “treating public servants with contempt”, says Whitehall's biggest union
Department of Health loses over a quarter of staff in just three months, IfG finds
Overall increase in Whitehall headcount obscures steep decline in the health ministry
Dementia tax plan ‘drawn up in Cabinet Office and hidden from key ministers’
Manifesto proposal developed by former Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer was kept from local government and health cabinet ministers until less than 24 hours before launch
Not picking up the Slack: Whitehall instant messaging clampdown reveals lack of trust in civil servants
Group chat services can make civil servants more efficient by reducing email overload. If government does not embrace them, it will lose out
GDPR compliance: UK’s information watchdog seeks to share ideas
Watchdog looks for international input on new regulatory landscape as deadline looms
Carol Tullo interview: National Archives director on leadership, digital record-keeping, and the benefits of peer support
After starting her career in law Carol Tullo has now worked in the civil service for 20 years. She talks to Suzannah Brecknell about two decades worth of change, Whitehall milestones and the...
Queen's Birthday Honours: knighthoods for perm secs Tom Scholar and Chris Wormald while Shan Morgan becomes a dame
Queen’s Birthday Honours list also includes knighthood for UN under-secretary general Stephen O’Brien
Civil service still fails to mirror modern Britain, diversity analysis shows
Institute for Government data crunch highlights discrimination issues and “stalled” progress on boosting Senior Civil Service’s BAME numbers
DWP staff strike over proposed Jobcentre closure
MPs and centre users back call to save one of 78 threatened offices
Union: minority government ‘has no mandate’ to hike pension age
Civil service mainstay Prospect warns new work and pensions secretary not to raise retirement bar
Running to catch up? How the public and charity sectors are more similar than you think
Dan Corry, former special adviser and head of the charity think tank NPC, argues that the public and charity sectors must learn from each other as they face joint challenges of capacity,...
Charities using own funds to subsidise public sector contracts, research finds
Two-thirds of charities who have contracts with the public sector need to use their own funds to deliver these contracts, according to think tank NPC