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