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With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell tells cabinet secretary that failing to prepare for an incoming Labour government could repeat problems of Brexit planning

Trade unions call on civil service chiefs to show they are standing up on behalf of staff in pay talks

Watchdog slams departmental response as ‘looking to obscure’ systemic weaknesses in the border and immigration system

Unions cry foul over delay to pensions boost but Truss says Court of Appeal decision could have £4bn annual impact 

Brexiteer MPs claim Theresa May had told them she would shake up the negotiating team, headed by Olly Robbins

The Cabinet Office alone awarded contracts worth a total of £56m, the figures show

The Transport Select Committee was told there was “no lawful basis” to use emergency powers to award contracts worth millions without an open tender.

Proposed funding shift will look to unlock philanthropists, investors and the general public to provide more private donations

But numbers continue to grow to total of seven million

"Public health risks posed by EU imports will not change immediately upon leaving the EU," the government said.

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Government accepts request by MPs as part of a number of recommendations to improve customer service

The inspection found violence had risen “alarmingly” in the last two years, largely fuelled by drugs

Since the UK voted to leave the European Union, civil servants have been working to get the country ready for its departure from the bloc. Beckie Smith examines how Brexit has changed government so far

Revelation comes as select committee concludes that a no-deal Brexit "cannot be allowed to happen".

Department seeks supplier to help digitise services

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

Public Accounts Committee demands clarity on how Whole of Government Accounts will present EU exit spending

Department for Work and Pensions insists “zero tolerance” policy is rigorously enforced

The government claims it is ‘working constructively with Apple’

Liam Fox targets South Korea, Canada, Israel and Colombia counterparts at Davos as Brexit clock ticks

Cabinet Office minister unpacks vision for driving government use of emerging technologies

After a week of disruption, latest update reveals one in four courts staff still cannot access systems