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Penny Mordaunt replaces Williamson at Ministry of Defence, with Rory Stewart reshuffled into the cabinet at Department for International Development

Deadline is achievable but requires a concerted push, including government backing for carbon capture and storage technologies, committee says

Move comes as government at winds down emergency no-deal Brexit planning

Benefit claimants at risk of 'destitution' if DWP fails to prepare for Universal Credit roll-out, MPs warn

Cleaners employed by Interserve in two-day strike due to concerns over contracts

MPs call for investigation into "hostile environment" legislation that led to Windrush crisis

The Office for Product Safety & Standards is one of a number of government bodies springing up to help prepare the UK for life outside the EU. Beckie Smith meets its chief executive Graham Russell

Committee report says legislation fails to ensure the Office for Environmental Protection will be truly independent

Cabinet Office guidance means more civil servants could receive performance-related bonuses, says the FDA trade union

A global cloud infrastructure offers many potential benefits, but also many challenges, and every organisation’s hybrid cloud strategy is unique. BT presents practical advice on getting the most from the cloud 

As the UK faces increasingly complex global threats, our defence and security organisations must work more collaboratively than ever. Here, CSW hears from Gary Aitkenhead, chief executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

As the UK faces increasingly complex global risks, our defence and security organisations must work more collaboratively than ever. CSW hears from key leaders on the challenges and opportunities ahead

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Unions say staff behind “world’s best civil service” should get the reward they deserve

Members of the public who provide “exceptionally helpful information” on tax evasion can receive payments, HMRC says

DHSC perm sec and head of civil service policy profession says function needs to get better at evaluating the quality of its advice

As the UK faces increasingly complex global threats, our defence and security organisations must work more collaboratively than ever. Here, CSW hears from chief of the defence staff General Sir Nick Carter

DfE's Jonathan Slater takes over LGBTI brief after departure of Dame Sue Owen

“I used to say to people when you come into the NSC you leave the politics at the door – and you leave your mobile phones at the door,” says ex-cab sec

Nigel Farage’s new party unveils former Office for National Statistics trade specialist as European Parliament hopeful

Latest Oxford University ranking sees Whitehall rise to global top spot from fourth-best

Former national security adviser Sir Mark Lyall Grant says leaks may undermine effective decision making in the longer term

At a time when Brexit is revealing a lot about UK governance, a new report has found the British civil service is the worldwide leader. Calum Miller of the Blavatnik School of Government, which published the report, explains the ranking

Permanent secretary Peter Schofield details cost of deploying hundreds of civil servants to deal with historical errors