Operational Delivery

Department creates digital system for call centre workers to take information

Civil servants could be either ‘too fresh or too jaded’ to maximise no-deal Brexit preparation for October, highlights think tank

Department implements controls to prevent fraudsters calling citizens from numbers that appear legitimate

Troubled background-checking agency appoints local authority boss to top job

CCS issues contract notice for £380m online system

Heather Savory to join UN data body as hunt for new national statistician continues

A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre

Job spec states that the candidate will be required to lead the shift from a policy department to a greater operational focus

Minister reveals cost of building online service

Department says Future Recruiting Programme will improve on “overly complex” predecessor scheme

Watchdog notes progress with post-Brexit trade agreements as well as capacity issues

Justice secretary David Gauke says his plans will create a “smarter justice system that reduces repeat crime”