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The FDA has been batting for the values of the civil service for a century. This role remains as critical as ever, says general secretary Dave Penman

Lib Dems say involvement of civil servants in possible Brexit compromise talks represents a breach of cabinet manual

HMPPS is "emerging from several challenging years", says MoJ permanent secretary Richard Heaton 

The report also called for and end to indefinite detention, which "causes distress and anxiety and can trigger mental illness"

The civil service is not immune to “new year, new you” delusions, and HM Treasury is the main offender, says Andrew Greenway

Shadow foreign secretary says the FCO is suffering a  “crisis of morale"

Department kicks off a year of celebrations to mark 100 years since its creation

Department seeks to engage with potential commercial partners

Updated no-deal planning sets out temporary period where border checks could be lifted from next month

Details of planned support package published by business secretary Greg Clark after firm reverses pledge to manufacture new model at Sunderland plant

"One of the main criticisms levelled at the parole system was a lack of transparency," justice secretary David Gauke said as he set out refomrs following John Worboys case

Report author unable to find a single person in tax and benefits department who has confidence in the grievance process

BT understand the public sector in the capital. Frameworks offer a single, simplified way to get the ICT products and services you need

Committee raises alarm over loss of European Investment Bank funding stream

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

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell tells cabinet secretary that failing to prepare for an incoming Labour government could repeat problems of Brexit planning

Trade unions call on civil service chiefs to show they are standing up on behalf of staff in pay talks

Watchdog slams departmental response as ‘looking to obscure’ systemic weaknesses in the border and immigration system

Unions cry foul over delay to pensions boost but Truss says Court of Appeal decision could have £4bn annual impact 

Brexiteer MPs claim Theresa May had told them she would shake up the negotiating team, headed by Olly Robbins

The Cabinet Office alone awarded contracts worth a total of £56m, the figures show

The Transport Select Committee was told there was “no lawful basis” to use emergency powers to award contracts worth millions without an open tender.

Proposed funding shift will look to unlock philanthropists, investors and the general public to provide more private donations