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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

Civil servants told to 'communicate clearly with the British people about what our plans for taking back control mean'

Nobel prizewinners say no-deal Brexit will damage UK science despite Johnson pledge

Treasury announcement shows departments could be expected to make further cuts

Experts say hospitals had already earned £1bn of cash announced by Boris Johnson by making spending cuts

Director general posts announced in January in shake-up after challenging year for HMPPS

The Right to Rent scheme has been beset by criticism and fears that it could stoke discrimination since before its rollout in 2016, culminating in a damning High Court judgement this year. All the while the Home Office has said a panel of experts has helped to implement and monitor the scheme – but a long hiatus, ignored warnings and a lack of transparency have raised questions.

Document contradicts legally-binding code of practice for scheme, which the High Court ruled in March breachs human rights law

Former University of Aberdeen vice-chancellor to take up role after first recruitment process comes up empty

Johnson says 'strong economic performance' has made funding possible 

Bids sought after G4S contract was extended despite revelations of abuse at Brook House

Civil Service Commission also reveals Health and Safety Executive breached recruitment principles

2019 nominees have done "outstanding work", says awards champion Sir Richard Heaton

Calls for 28-day cap rejected the same day as Home Office confirms new immigration minister

£300m spending cap accounts for possible frequency of “disruption events”, including border delays

Unit will be staffed by Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence officials

Fraud and error remain a "significant challenge" as measures to cut mistakes fail, permanent secretary says

Union says pay award was imposed “without proper and meaningful consultation”

Johnson promises to "mobilise the civil service" as he tells Gove to make no-deal planning "top priority"

Foreign Office is told not to "pick and choose" which leaks to investigate

Internal memo praises civil service's 'commitment to serve the government, the country and your fellow citizens objectively and professionally”

Scruton's return as chair comes after incoming prime minister Boris Johnson says sacking was “disgraceful”

Government rethinks approach after DfT's attempt to secure freight capacity for first Brexit deadline 'cost £85m'

Johnson promises “better infrastructure, better education, more police” and better broadband in acceptance speech

Nicky Morgan asks Treasury perm sec Sir Tom Scholar if officials have updated economic analysis to include additional Brexit scenarios.

Re-advertised role pared down from 100 days a year to 50 in second cycle

Tussell analysis finds 90% of contracts worth £5m or more went to contractors that didn't pay their suppliers on time

PACAC criticises lack of ministerial oversight and accountability for civil service learning and development