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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

Chair of welfare review body says model could be applied to contentious government plans to revise European legislation without parliamentary scrutiny