External evidence and expertise is crucial to good policy making – a new report from the Institute for Government sets out how Whitehall can use it better

International Development Committee warns of risk to transparency and poverty-reduction focus as other departments increase their stake in humanitarian aid

Foreign Affairs Committee chair calls for a “revolution at the heart of government” to fix siloed foreign policy

John Manzoni announces launch of “success profiles”, which will allow managers to recruit on past experience as well as competency-based framework

Government’s chief trade negotiation adviser brings together officials from 11 departments

Plan for 2018-19 to focus on four themes, including creating a strong, new relationship with Europe after Brexit

Department points to £185m extra Brexit funding after PAC criticises its lack of preparation

With nominations open for the Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2018, Tamsin Rutter speaks to winners from last year who helped challenge the menopause taboo, persuade 200 defence workers to identify as LGBT supporters, and ensure diverse input on counter-terrorism work

Call for evidence from independent inspector comes as department plays key role in cross-Whitehall preparations for Brexit

New mechanisms required to enable all four governments to jointly agree post-Brexit policy, according to think tank

Foreign Affairs Committee argues FCO must develop a strategy and commit resources to the network of former British territories

Transferring data policy to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is a welcome move, but the government needs to be clear about what it wants to do with all this data