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Sir Leigh Lewis retired at the end of 2010 after a 38-year career in government that included perm sec stints in both the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions. Here are 10 things he’s learned about life after the higher echelons of Whitehall

Setting out her vision for the upcoming Spending Review, Truss said the Treasury would “prioritise ruthlessly”

Government evaluation finds every £1 spent on the programme delivers £2.28 in economic benefits, with largest benefits for children at serious risk

The steady rise in civil servants continues, with growth concentrated in departments with the highest Brexit workloads

Non-departmental public body with responsibility for T-levels offers up to £140k a year for next boss

Request comes after MPs rejected May's withdrawal agreement for the second time last week

BT defines how SD-WAN can help to keep organisations in touch with their applications - reliably, and securely 

All party group of MPs says HMRC’s approach “is a direct cause of the acute anxiety and stress people subject to the loan charge are experiencing”

MPs urge government to address regional disparities and "bias towards the most innovative industries" in sector deals

Whitehall’s top tier needs to drop the halo mentality if it is to practise what it preaches and become more reflective of the nation as a whole

Letters sent out to recipients says excess will not need to be repaid but future payments will be reduced

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

Report calls for 'complete rethink of the structure, funding and oversight of forensic science'

Taunton building completes three years after initial design work commenced

Unison says 1.3% pay offer from EA had been “unsurprisingly and overwhelmingly” rejected by staff

Whitehall’s biggest union urges members to capitalise on government disarray in pending strike ballot

Jon Thompson warns “that tone of some of the debate around the loan charge, and the spreading of unconfirmed rumours, risks creating additional concern for vulnerable customers”

It may seem like Brexit has turned collective responsibility into an irrelevance, but has the image of shared cabinet deliberations ever been a reality? Using the Blair administration as a starting point, Jon Davis examines this crucial – but fraught – part of our governing system

Single Departmental Plans to reflect on departments' performance against the framework from 2019-20

 

Revised public value framework will underline Spending Review focus on value for money, Hammond said in his Spring Statement

Consultation seeks views on whether the UK should develop its own infrastructure finance institution after Brexit

The latest news and views on apprenticeships and skills policy in 2019.

Plan would waive Northern Ireland border checks and slash tariffs if the UK leaves the EU without a deal

Policies that address health inequalities and better investment in housing among What Works Centre's proposals