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When we evaluate public policy we reach for the rational lexicon, but this risks creating cold and ineffective public services

Union voices anger that Disclosure and Barring Service project will not be brought back in-house

HMRC, Defra and cross-departmental borders group urged to update MPs on contingency-planning work

Brexit is already transforming much more than the UK’s relationship with the EU. But amid the uncertainty and acrimony, can politicians, officials and voters seize the chance to make change for the better?

The Home Office showed "little inclination to look seriously" at its resourcing for translating documents, David Bolt said.

Local proposals to implement the government’s major economic plan are required by early 2020

Department for Transport names Allan Cook as replacement for high-speed rail role

Lines of accountability 'failed or simply did not exist' report finds

In rare speech, top spy Alex Younger claimed that ‘the digital era has profoundly changed our operating environment’

“There were warning signs from enough different sources, over a long enough period, to collectively indicate a potential problem that merited further investigation," say auditors

Boyd said he has helped to develop a "increasing appreciation of the embeddedness and the importance of science in Defra".

DfID’s Fergus McBean won the Use of Evidence Award at this year’s Civil Service Awards through an innovative approach to inform cholera prevention in war-torn Yemen. He tells Naomi Larsson how the department did it

House of Lords committee concludes that drive to tackle tax evasion “may have pressured staff to take a more aggressive approach”

There’s a vast network that keeps our internet running, and it lives under the ocean

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

Department publishes plan as independent review seeks to open up public appointments to more people with disabilities

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.