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Owen said she had been proud to lead the expansion of the department to take responsibility for policy areas including digital

The former permanent secretary of the culture department chews the fat with Suzannah Brecknell

The department's top scientist, who will advise on fire safety post-Grenfell, must have an engineering background, government CSA Patrick Vallance said.

Department lauds reaching a major milestone in campaign to eliminate plastics

Union says it will fight “tooth and nail” to prevent any publicly-run prisons from transferring into the hands of private operators

Union says Highways England chief received 9.7% rise last year

Paul Gray oversaw health and social care integration in Scotland

The PAC also warned of a “significant and growing risk” that DfT would not be adequately prepared for a no-deal Brexit.

Charity will support diversity and innovation in public service

Analysis finds Theresa May's proposal would have lowest economic impact

The government’s recent moves to get the expansion of airport capacity off the ground are the latest twist in one of the UK’s longest running policy sagas. Richard Johnstone considers whether this new plan will take flight

Greater awareness about the benefits of multilingualism would help boost crucial post-Brexit areas including international relations and trade, say researchers

The “prestige of the Foreign Office as an employer hangs in the balance” at time when its role is increasingly important, select committee warns

Shire looks at how the government's green paper on children and young people's mental health can help improve outcomes for patients with ADHD

Three government departments collaborated to organise a major international conference on illegal wildlife trade in London last month. Conference director Andrew McCulloch explains how they did it

Treasury needs new measures of its own effectiveness in order to drive long-term decision making in government, auditors say

BT thinks The Internet of Things is about to undergo a revolution. Over the past two decades, we've seen IoT tech evolve from a possibility, to a novelty, to an established tool that plays a vital role in industry, infrastructure and logistics

SAS asks whether government organisations really have it all

PCS branch issues notice of industrial action ballot to BEIS after talks with senior figures break down

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

Loughborough centre will join new Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham bases from next year

Former Department for International Trade chief says there is no evidence of global deals being struck to rival current EU relationship

Watchdog says rapid timescale lacked “economic assessment of its implications”, ramping programme’s complexity and cost

CSW brings together memories and tributes from those who knew Lord Heywood over his 35 years as a civil servant