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Relaxation of local-authority borrowing rules projected to add billions to official figures

“We do not share your optimism" that HMRC will be ready for a no-deal Brexit, PAC chair Meg Hillier told perm sec Jon Thompson

Department “cheated police officers out of the pay increase they should receive” says Police Federation chairman 

May cautioned there would be 'no return to the uncontrolled borrowing of the past'

New digital services will help Defra protect against environmental hazards and improve communication, it said

Whittington will start as director general, energy and security at BEIS on Friday

White paper expected later this year to set out details of plan to end free movement of people once the UK leaves the European Union

“We may need to do more to ensure that the levy supports the development of the skilled workforce our economy needs,” chancellor Philip Hammond said

The Department for Education comfortably exceeded the target, but the Ministry of Justice among those below target

Senior shadow cabinet figure Andrew Gwynne revealed his concerns about central government to deliver Labour’s policy platform

Report also found increasing concern that public bodies are not well aligned with the work of their sponsoring department

Appointments watchdog imposes bespoke Brexit ban on his activities at consultancy

The review was "completely silent" on how the civil service deals with complaints against minister, Amy Leversidge said.

Hodge's constitutent Sarah O'Connor, who died this week, was "treated appallingly by the Home Office", she wrote

Mayank Prakash, who was named CIO of the year in 2016, set to return to the private sector

Mental ill health accounted for more than a third of absences

Labour calls on business secretary Greg Clark to take action

The department has improved its procurement processes in recent years, but contract management a concern, ICAI said.

Shadow chancellor plans new Whitehall unit to develop plans for public and community ownership

Account intended to make top leadership more visible and make civil servants feel #proud

The emergency services’ outgoing Airwave network will stay in place for at least three years 

Less than half of the civil servants who replied to the survey felt appropriate action was taken when bullying had taken place

Hillier also said project delivery skills should be valued more highly within civil service job structures

Survey "should ring alarm bells in Westminster, Whitehall and the offices of all public service employers", Unison's general secretary said.