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Minister says payment timeliness for Universal Credit is running at a record high despite huge levels of demand

Dame Louise Casey will lead unit to ensure "as few people as possible return to life on the streets" after the crisis

Government urged to 'be straight with the public' that there is “no single grand exit plan to release the coronavirus lockdown”, IfG says

Departments will match employees to roles where they need extra capacity to tackle the coronavirus crisis 

Claire Bassett resigns while the post-Brexit trade body is still in shadow form

Perm sec Alex Chisholm said it was impossible to determine if the scheme would deliver value for money under Treasury guidance

Former UKIP functionary also suggested immigrants were treated preferentially by the benefits system

Competition launched after a court challenge forced the department to remove its previous appointee from the role

Negotiating with more than 200 civil service bodies would be a "distraction", letter to Michael Gove says

Prospect union says not paying 20% top up to workers on the Job Retention Scheme would be “unacceptable”

Perm sec admits pay "opportunity cost" may be a concern for senior Foreign Office staff

Watchdog raises "concerns" as department fails to publish promised data

A much-anticipated takeover by the Foreign Office of the Department for International Development has yet to materialise – but the appointment of an entirely joint ministerial team has sparked curiosity and concern. Beckie Smith speaks to those in the know about what it could mean

JCWI will take case to Supreme Court after appeal finds some landlords discriminate because of scheme requirements

Plans for 2020-21 published as chief inspector says inspections will be balanced with "not over-burdening the Home Office" at an "extremely challenging time"

Former Home Office chief said home secretary had “created fear” in the department

After a decade at the helm of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Sir Bernard Jenkin is moving on. He tells Beckie Smith about the highlights, lessons and bitter battles

Tax agency in talks with PCS over coronavirus protocol for HMRC offices

PCS calls for all HMRC offices with confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus to close

Catherine Calderwood admitted visiting her second home twice, breaching regulations based on her own medical advice

Pocklington succeeds Melanie Dawes, who became Ofcom chief exec in February

Perm sec says demand levels mean policy changes such as cutting five-week payment delay for those affected by Covid-19 would be ‘operationally unfeasible

In February 2019, Matt Hancock announced plans for a new innovation agency in the NHS. A year on, its chief executive, Matthew Gould, talks to Beckie Smith about health data, listening to patients, and his move from diplomacy to digital

“I know I can count on everyone to exemplify those values as we help the government navigate the country through this emergency”

“The world quite literally has changed and I think you have to adapt,” Simon Fraser says.

Downing Street strengthens messaging as Boris Johnson closes shops and tells people to stay at home

First refusals on eligibility grounds announced, but some applications were “under consideration for several months”

Home Office was slow to react to reports of injustice and ignored warning signs, Wendy Williams finds

Economics professor will lead advisory group as it produces ‘shortage occupation list’ for post-Brexit immigration system

Ramping up testing now a priority for ‘data-driven’ strategy, chief scientist tells MPs

Former ambassador to the UN to succeed Philip Rutnam, who quit in bullying row

Cabinet secretary tells civil servants to discuss working from home arrangements and look out for colleagues

Covid-19 strategy aims to reduce the peak of the outbreak, “not to suppress it completely", Patrick Vallance says

“I could not have asked for better, more committed colleagues," Moriarty says in statement

£5bn public service response fund and business loans and grants among measures announced in Budget