Policy

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