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How effective departments' contingency planning for no-deal will be 'remains to be seen', NAO says

Stephi Brett-Lee is head of internal communications at the Department for Work and Pensions and the youngest deputy director in the department. In the first of a new series profiling up-and-coming leaders across government, Beckie Smith caught up with her to discuss what leadership means in today’s civil service

Ending austerity in next week's Budget is a 'seemingly impossible task' for the chancellor, the Resolution Foundation said

Customs brokers are worried about whether they will be able to meet extra demand in a no-deal scenario

'If the chancellor wants to keep his excellent civil service, he cannot keep this restraint on public sector pay'

Civil servants need to go "back to basics" on spending and record keeping, watchdog says

National Cyber Security Centre annual report reveals it has dealt with 1,100 cyber attacks in its first two years

PA Consulting offers a four-point plan to delivering organisational transformation

Penelope Endersby becomes agency’s first female boss seven months after Rob Varley quits

With the annual worldwide cost of cybercrime set to double from $3tn in 2015 to $6tn by 2021, BT offers advice on how chief information security officers can better protect their organisations

Report comes as prime minister prepares to tell MPs that 95% of EU withdrawal agreement is in place, but Irish border issue remains

'Mismatches in volumes and available staffing will impair our ability to clear work,' Neil Couling told MPs

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

Ensuring staff are equipped to deak with huge workload is also an 'anxiety', says Clare Moriarty 

New hiring and promotion framework based on questionable premise says former MoD, DETR and DWP chief

When the history of Brexit is written, it will be some of this country’s political leaders, not its civil service, that will be subject to the harshest scrutiny, says the former DWP perm sec

Permanent secretary Jon Thompson shares the figures as senior officials tell committee they can’t guarantee no-deal would go smoothly 

Department for Work and Pensions details plans to fix historic Employment and Support Allowance underpayments

EU summit concludes Brexit deal unlikely to be signed off next month as negotiations continue

Department call matched by new NHS Digital framework on data and technology standards

The newest profession in the Government Communication Service focuses on improving the way government talks directly to key stakeholders. Jonathan Owen speaks to members of the new External Affairs Forum to find out more

Oliver Dowden says that it is part of the job of officials to raise problems with policy plans

The science chief will advise on areas such as artificial intelligence, cyber security, space technology and chemical, biological and missile defence 

Cabinet Office says opening of new office for more than 6,000 civil servants a key milestone in efforts to rationalise government property portfolio