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Watchdog says disruption cannot be ruled out despite health secretary Matt Hancock's guarantee

IfG also calls for arm's-length commission or What Works Centre to improve policymaking

Report saying there is "still much to do" comes as G4S quits immigration outsourcing

'Continued and sustained pressure from Cabinet Office and DCMS' needed to convince departments to take action, PAC says

As the Department for Education refashions itself as a delivery department, its chief digital officer Emma Stace tells Civil Service World she is determined to make digital ‘just the way we do things round here’

DWP to introduce RNIB training and virtual-reality headsets to Jobcentres

Contract signed as DfT says disruption caused by "lack of trader readiness" could slow down imports of medicines via some ports

Organisations won't be told if their grant applications are through to the next stage until November

DfT says freight services will avoid Dover, Folkestone or Barking, where Brexit disruption is likely

Checklists sent to businesses as Defra announces more ports can handle imports of rare species

Government chief commercial officer says guidance will help officials "work towards eliminating modern slavery" in supply chains

Review comes as Home Office prepares to appeal court judgement that found scheme causes discrimination

Treasury is “too focused on ‘managing the numbers’" and not on impact of spending, IfG says

All "non-compliant" vehicles without correct paperwork to be turned away at some ports, leak reveals

Home Office also rejects call for time-limit on immigration and extra protections for LGBTQI+ detainees

PAC finds contracts are being published late, heavily redacted or not at all

Appointment follows Johnson pledge for "thorough review" of the charge

Environment secretary admits there are "risks" to exports despite preparations

Appointment announced as former EU adviser recognised in Theresa May's honours list 

Gove gives evidence as reports say he has put troops on standby to prevent fuel shortages

Commons leader compared neurologist David Nicholl to anti-vaxxer Andrew Wakefield after no-deal warnings

As she steps down after nearly a decade as the nation’s doctor, Davies talks to Beckie Smith about the delicate balance of influence and power, dealing with the tabloid press and why altruism matters in public health.

Warning comes as freight association head says there has been “too little debate" about longer-term post-Brexit border plans

New guidance shows freedom of movement will not end on October 31 

Javid says funding is "not just our responsibility but also our duty" in pre-Spending Round announcement

Civil service has a "responsibility" to support staff with the condition, says disability champion Rutnam

Sir Ian Boyd gives warning days before his departure as Defra chief scientist

Job adverts for comms, policy and border staff open with weeks to go until Brexit

Move prompts concern over appointing people with "little loyalty to the job"

Median pay for top-paid professions twice that of the lowest, figures show

Ministers and civil servants to skip most meetings to focus on Brexit preparations, department says

Gove summoned before MPs after leaked dossier warns of fuel, food and medicine shortages

Providers told supplies could take up to five days to deliver – up from three days set out in February guidance

Extra staff drafted in as departments feel the strain of Brexit preparations and major tech projects

Think tank also calls for merger of policing watchdogs after warning current set up 'places a heavy bureaucratic burden on individual forces'

Lord Carlile will consider if programme is fit for purpose