Operational Delivery

Agreement in line with ‘commitment to affording meaningful pay awards for staff, particularly colleagues at the lower end of the pay range’ says agency

New award will recognise bodies that have adopted Office for Statistics Regulation’s trustworthiness, quality and value pledges outside official stats

BEIS secretary Andrea Leadsom says departments across government have worked to agree the deal in an incredibly short timeframe

Two-time minister Liam Fox says government should go ahead with DfID-FCO merger, but DIT should be saved

Madeleine Alessandri "embodies the very best that the civil service has to offer", Sir Mark Sedwill says

Funding plan will maintain scheme to help families with complex needs, ministry announces

Comments come as Civil Service Commission tells CSW it will “consider proposals on civil service appointments as necessary in the usual way”

Union says proposals show "a lack of understanding of the modern realities of the civil service"

Civil service chief executive John Manzoni and Treasury solicitor Jonathan Jones also among those receiving awards

Ben Wallace warns military top brass that procurement reform is on the way and blasts ‘almost criminal’ New Labour deals

Responses from across government highlight vital role in Brexit talks

30-bill legislative programme includes measures to develop new immigration rules and post-Brexit trade plans