Policy

As the government’s most senior medical adviser, it’s Dame Sally Davies’ job to stand up for hard evidence and grapple with some of the country’s biggest health challenges. Matt Foster meets her

Freedom of Information has been a "very big positive" in spite of "chilling effects", says Cabinet secretary

Minister for the Cabinet Office unveils plans for "digital fellowship" exchange on visit to Silicon Valley with government's CTO Liam Maxwell

Select committee to question OBR's Robert Chote after e-mails show Treasury seeks changes to wording of draft forecast

Speed of MoJ's responses to Freedom of Information requests comes under scrutiny from the Information Commissioner's Office

Number 10 stands by decision not to suspend the Northern Ireland Executive following resignation of NI first minister Peter Robinson

DfE perm sec tells MPs on the Public Accounts committee that Care Leavers Strategy – sharply criticised by the spending watchdog – marks "very important step" in improving support for young people leaving care system

Treasury minister Greg Hands tells pay review bodies to target higher rises in areas which would improve recruitment and retention

Chancellor asks public sector workers to contribute ideas to cut government costs 

BIS director general Bernadette Kelly to fill Clare Moriarty’s role as rail director general at Department for Transport

Justice department to run policy fellowships to expand “pool of people” delivering extensive reform programme

As the purse strings tighten, government departments are seeing the benefits of working together. Tim Gibson reports from a CSW roundtable that explored how best to make collaboration happen