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£300m spending cap accounts for possible frequency of “disruption events”, including border delays

General Sir Chris Deverell has just retired from one of Britain’s most senior military positions. He tells Richard Johnstone about the unique role of civil servants in the Ministry of Defence and how winter sports kept him away from Civvy Street

Government response to select committee report opposes MPs’ recommendation to issue physical documents

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer also raises prospect of a Brexit public inquiry under a Labour government

Unit will be staffed by Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence officials

BT spoke with Ovum's Brian Washburn about the network trends taking place in 2019, covering SD-WAN, NFV, hybrid networking and cloud connectivity services 

Plans will include "one of the biggest peacetime public information campaigns this country has seen"

Words civil servants told not to use include “hopefully”, “very”, “due to” and “equal”

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

Spending Review delay would be “bad news for those planning and managing big public services”, but departments must prepare, IfG says

Series of ministerial appointments made yesterday, while rumoured spad appointments on the way

Full details of all the Cabinet moves

Former DfE spad and Vote Leave chief is a longstanding critic of Whitehall. CSW reviews what he says he would change if he had power

Johnson promises to "mobilise the civil service" as he tells Gove to make no-deal planning "top priority"

Foreign Office is told not to "pick and choose" which leaks to investigate

Former DfE spad and Vote Leave chief Dominic Cummings set for key role as first cabinet appointments exepcted today

Some surprising figures have invited management consultants into Whitehall over the past six decades, although their private-sector expertise has not always been directed where it was needed most

Government rethinks approach after DfT's attempt to secure freight capacity for first Brexit deadline 'cost £85m'

Johnson promises “better infrastructure, better education, more police” and better broadband in acceptance speech

BT walks through how CIOs are riding the wave of new network technology like SD-WAN, NFV, Cloud and Hybrid to shape their network for a digital future 

Nicky Morgan asks Treasury perm sec Sir Tom Scholar if officials have updated economic analysis to include additional Brexit scenarios.

Re-advertised role pared down from 100 days a year to 50 in second cycle

Cabinet Office reduces recommended pay increase from 2.2% to 2% so that paybill increase is in line with delegated pay guidance for departments

Three years and three secretaries of state into his time as Ministry of Defence permanent secretary, Sir Stephen Lovegrove discusses diversity, procurement lessons, and how long his staff can expect to put up with his jokes