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New unit set up in department to tackle safeguarding across the aid sector

Call for changes to insolvency rules to make it easier for companies to recover from financial difficulties

Brexit minister accused civil servants of undermining EU exit after economic analysis of EU exit leaked

Auditor general Amyas Morse confirms scrutiny plans following request from Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan

MPs ‘disappointed’ with government rejection of recommendations for extra safeguards to prevent sidelining of ministers in key decisions 

Former infrastructure tsar and Cabinet minister says Brexit is sidelining other issues and claims half of civil servants believe government policy is ‘trashing the national interest’

Tax department issues unprecedented statement after Cabinet ministers question tax decisions for Brexit-backing donors

Think tank report on public inquiries finds lack of formal guidance, procedures and scrutiny measures

Cabinet secretary makes “statement of intent” about future rights to work in government

Whitehall’s chief executive says thousands of civil servants have already been moved into Brexit roles, with around a quarter coming from outside government

Think-tank analysis identifies concessions on residency rights, a £39bn bill on the ‘never-never’, and hand-tying assurances on Northern Ireland in draft agreement

DExEU perm sec insists analysis has “huge value” despite criticism that it does not amount to full impact assessments

NAO report identifies staffing gaps in five departments and high rate of turnover in DExEU

Two parliamentary reports highlight problems at Irish border and frustration at perceived Whitehall “power grab”

Public Bodies 2017 report suggests some “tailored reviews” will be rescheduled until post-EU landscape becomes clearer

Health and education departments first to benefit from ‘confidence and supply’ agreement

GLD is hiring lawyers from the north of England to work in new regional centre

Justice secretary asks officials to commence “post-implementation review” that was promised when reforms were introduced in 2012

PCS general secretary also claims that civil servants have implemented some government reforms “unwillingly”

Former immigration enforcement chief describes scale of Brexit challenge as chancellor pledges 'minimum' customs arrangement by March 2019

Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and SNP MPs have written to Brexit secretary David Davis

Stephen Lovegrove told MPs that nuclear power plant deal with EDF would have collapsed had his department tried to renegotiate terms

Deputy governor Sam Woods says slow progress in negotiations risks banks triggering contingency plans

Institute for Government argues that European Court of Justice cannot provide a neutral voice