Foreign Affairs

Regulator says department’s commercial did not make sufficiently clear what would need to be submitted in some cases

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

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

Home secretary wants border restrictions to be imposed immediately after Britain leaves the European Union if no agreement can be struck with the bloc

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

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.

'Consumer panic', disrupted supply of medicines and rise in organised crime also among no-deal risks, internal documents say

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

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

Incoming chair pledges to "partner more effectively with private sector suppliers" at defence buying body

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

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

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

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

“The fundamental thing is the culture of integrity and loyalty of the people who see this stuff," ex-US ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott says

Trade secretary Liam Fox says he hopes trainees "will be able to enjoy their whole career at DIT"

Bernard Jenkin highlights the way Margaret Thatcher worked with the civil service to implement major policy changes as example for incoming PM

Respect in civil service is ‘earned and deserved’, cabinet secretary tells officials after ambassador’s resignation

 Trump's petulant and quasi-hysterical reaction has served only to prove the Darroch hypothesis

Resignation comes after Sir John Major says Darroch should not be "thrown to the wolves" for doing his job

Foreign Office permanent secretary says probe will be government-wide as emails had a "very wide" readership in Whitehall

Foreign Office says ambassadors must be able to give "honest, unvarnished" opinions in confidence