Policy

Grant Shapps vows to 'undo the damage' of 1960s Beeching rail cuts with £500m fund to reopen axed lines

Boris Johnson to take personal charge of post-Brexit trade talks supported by a 'small and agile' new unit

Plans for reform also include consistent use of cross-disciplinary teams in departments as contracts are signed

Confirmation of departure comes ahead of likely post-Brexit Whitehall shakeup

 

Move would reverse policy set out by Theresa May

Awards champion hails work of civil servants at start of a week-long programme to recognise winners

Think tank says policy makers need to better understand differential effects across the country amid warning that impact on worst off is being 'ignored'

Ten senior officials with Brexit responsibility moved jobs in 2018/19 despite year being a high water mark of EU exit prep, think tank finds

Home Office puts applicants on notice that highly-influential panel's role “may evolve” post-Brexit

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

National Audit Office flags lack of measurable objectives and impact evaluation in department’s £2.4bn-a-year portfolio of help

Defra plan will base agriculturist support payments on public goods, such as better air and water quality