Policy

Amyas Morse tells MPs that ministerial directions are too rare and departments must re-prioritise ahead of Brexit

Civil service policy profession chief Chris Wormald credited with interest in pledge to boost evidence base for decisions

DWP, HMRC, DCMS and Cabinet Office staff win 2017 Reimagine Challenge for joined-up approach to aiding poor people in financial crisis

White paper to be published this month will set framework for more balanced economy post-Brexit, says PM

David Davis says departments are preparing 300 Brexit-related programmes to be implemented with or without a deal

DExEU confirms that 58 impact studies have been produced for sectors ranging from agriculture  to tourism, but refuses to publish them

Former ambassador to EU warns MPs the UK faces talent and data imbalance against backdrop of Article 50 process

Baroness Stowell, Lord Heseltine, Baroness Warsi and Harriet Harman are the latest former minsters to look back on their time in Whitehall as part of the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect series. They reveal the good and the bad of the civil service

Civil service signs up to implement recommendations of a report to boost mental health support at work

HMRC chief says the organisation will present a ‘reprioritisation’ plan to ministers next year, and plans to hire more staff as Brexit workload increases

Science and Technology Committee to assess quality and extent of research used in government interventions and early-years policy

Welsh Government “innovation directory” will pull together more timely big data and analysis for economists and policy makers

PCS general secretary also claims that civil servants have implemented some government reforms “unwillingly”

Civil service race champion said it could take 10 years for progress on racial diversity to match that made on gender

Behavioural Insights Team annual report details its work with departments, including ‘TripAdvisor-style’ feedback tool to help CCS boost spend with SMEs

PACAC chair calls for expanded role for Department for International Trade second perm sec Crawford Falconer in Brexit trade talks

SSAC chair tells CSW the body will monitor the merging benefits system to make sure it matches ministers' pledges

Prof Ian Boyd cancels decision to step down and pledges to stay on for “at least another year”

Chair of welfare review body says model could be applied to contentious government plans to revise European legislation without parliamentary scrutiny

Amid tensions between UK parliaments over EU Withdrawal Bill, incoming DExEU perm sec insists devolution is ‘meat and drink’ to civil servants

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour is working on policy implementation plans that could be handed to civil servants

Lord Bridges said there’s no time to focus on anything but Brexit-related priorities

Committee chair Bernard Jenkin says that Brexit will expose “where understandings are weak and where relationships are strained” in Whitehall

Tim Razzall tells Civil Service World he blames government for lack of vision on Brexit