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Infrastructure and Projects Authority chief executive Nick Smallwood reflects on his first few months since joining government in August and his aims for the agency in 2020

Review of governance and management structure intended to "support the ramp up phase of delivery”

Prime minster says that UK will exit EU on 31 October so that country can ‘move on’

2019 survey also includes more questions about civil servants' socio-economic backgrounds

The government’s one year Spending Round has brought very little security to departments. But it does recognise that government much be more strategic

Government says updated freight capacity procurement ahead of planned 31 October exit has avoided problems that led to settlement

Harra takes over from Sir Jon Thompson, who has moved to the Financial Reporting Council

In the latest of our series about civil service leavers, we meet Ella Joseph and Natalie Acton, who together lead the charity Think Ahead, which runs a graduate scheme training people for a career in mental health social work.

Cabinet secretary says he will "resist attempts to draw the civil service" into Brexit debates

Nigel Hawthorn looks at how to review cloud use, report on risks and apply policies to reduce likely data loss incidents in this latest insight from BT

Plan intended to avoid checks on the border but proposal described as non-starter by Irish foreign minister

Ex-MI6 chief says Tinker, Tailor Solider, Spy author is “obsessed" with his three-year spy career

Alanna Reid, a policy adviser at the Cabinet Office’s public appointments policy team, reports on an intersectionality event held by the Cabinet Office LGBT+ Network and Gender Equality Group as part of national inclusion week

Corbyn announces policy in constituency of former DWP secretary Iain Duncan Smith

Stats watchdog says department has failed to answer questions about how the pledge will be funded

Chancellor will say work to improve UK infrastructure ‘must start here and now’

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

Watchdog says disruption cannot be ruled out despite health secretary Matt Hancock's guarantee

Law expert left Department for International Trade last month after being caught in July

IfG also calls for arm's-length commission or What Works Centre to improve policymaking

Report saying there is "still much to do" comes as G4S quits immigration outsourcing

As the Department for Education refashions itself as a delivery department, its chief digital officer Emma Stace tells Civil Service World she is determined to make digital ‘just the way we do things round here’

Now in its fifth year, the Competition and Markets Authority is more active than ever in its efforts to enforce the rules of the marketplace and protect consumers against unfair trading practices. Chief executive Dr Andrea Coscelli sits down with Geoffrey Lyons to discuss Brexit planning, the UK auditing shake-up, and learning from experience

CDIO Davinson says the biggest challenge is ensuring sufficient investment in the ‘underpinning capabilities’