Policy

Plan also proposes “radically” reducing pay differentials between director general roles across departments, but any pay increase above the 1% cap in 2018-19 will need to be paid for by productivity improvements

National Audit Office review flags skills gaps amid departments ‘unique’ dual role

IfG Whitehall Monitor also highlighted the impact that ministerial turnover is having in policy delivery, including Brexit

Former Network Rail chief exec and Olympics infrastructure tsar will succeed Andrew Adonis on a permanent basis

Review of the role of non-executives concludes that few Whitehall boards are working well

Best practice in government statistics award renamed in honour of former RSS president Sir Harry Campion

Just five local authorities bid for cash from government infrastructure scheme designed to accelerate delivery of on-street power points

Whitehall update on English devolution sets out details of devolved funding areas in 2016-17

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs strategy includes Whitehall ban on “single use” plastic forks, straws and bottles

Government changes today will also include replacement for Damian Green as Cabinet Office minister

Chancellor refuses to rule out the UK remaining in a customs union with the EU after leaving the bloc

Whitehall departments to be told there are ‘no excuses’ for lack of Brexit preparation

Peers question MPs' decision to further redact Brexit documents and call on David Davis to publish entire papers

Former planning and skills minister reflects on life in government and ‘too vague’ David Cameron

NAO report warns of stiff competition in recruitment and department’s funding and workload challenges

Partially government-owned Behavioural Insights Team publishes results of trial schemes and urges Whitehall to take notice

Cabinet Office Single Departmental Plan also reveals proposals for a new shared services strategy as part of moves to boost commercial capability

Union berates department for being forced into the move to comply with National Living Wage

Auditor review of Green Investment Bank privatisation concludes efforts to ensure firm’s liabilities were off the public sector balance sheet could have reduced sale price

Think-tank analysis identifies concessions on residency rights, a £39bn bill on the ‘never-never’, and hand-tying assurances on Northern Ireland in draft agreement

 Public Accounts Committee criticises departments' “business as usual” assumption for 2019 and berates pace of pan-Whitehall Border Planning Group 

Public Bodies 2017 report suggests some “tailored reviews” will be rescheduled until post-EU landscape becomes clearer

Flagship government document identifies four "grand challenges" that UK must address to take advantage of global economic trends

New measures will reduce lag on claimants' receipt of benefits payments from six weeks to five