Operational Delivery

Tax agency issues procurement alert for ‘notebook application’ for evidence-gathering

Virgin Trains, which has run the line since privatisation, loses out to new operator including Italian state-owned firm

Work and pensions select committee chair asks if DWP network will benefit from no-deal Brexit prep funding

Creation of rapid rebuttal unit around UK’s EU exit in addition to existing work to respond to fake news

Jeremy Corbyn says departure would contravene principle that government doesn’t implement policies in an election period where the opposition has a different view

Prime minister's spokesperson insists ‘the UK will be leaving the EU on October 31 whatever the circumstances’

International trade secretary Liz Truss names panel of advisers to consider location for up to 10 tax-free ports

Sajid Javid opens spending taps to boost border and customs operations, medical supplies and public information in no-deal Brexit

Department seeks team to come in conduct review of technical and cultural obstacles

Plans will include "one of the biggest peacetime public information campaigns this country has seen"

More people are accessing more online services, department claims, but 'large amount of uncertainty' remains around Brexit

Liz Truss says IR35 regulations for the whole public sector render specific oversight for departments unnecessary