Policy

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

Pilots to develop new public value frameworks will be taken forward next year

Report by MPs concluded that departments did not show ministers risks of different possible funding schemes for Hinckley Point C nuclear scheme

The former second perm sec in the Department for Work and Pensions-turned benefits advisor has been both poacher and gamekeeper in Whitehall. He shares the lessons from both sides of the fence, including for Brexit, with Richard Johnstone.

Former perm sec argues FCO was disempowered by “unnecessary creation” of Department for International Trade

Chancellor Philip Hammond set to respond to Sir Michael Barber’s proposals in Wednesday’s Autumn Budget

Watchdog’s snapshot shows BEIS has biggest numeric burden, followed by Defra

Councils say green paper next year is "no substitute for extra funding next week"

Labour minister-turned-Greater Manchester mayor berates anachronistic policymaking processes

Government stats watchdog reverses 2015 decision to classify sector as part of the public sector after deregulation legislation

RAC says plans to introduce clean air zones in cities could be hindered by lack of access to information