Foreign Affairs

“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

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Migration Advisory Committee asked to look again at regional earnings thresholds and ‘high public value’ jobs with low pay

National Audit Office calls for ‘systematic approach’ to assessing capability and effectiveness of ODA spending

Union says foreign secretary wrote to Interserve “expressing unhappiness” over treatment of contract workers

Update also reveals Windrush taskforce has rejected 1,445 applications for documentation proving status

Former diplomat Kumar Iyer becomes department’s first BAME board member

MPs warn practice is undermining the nation’s international climate and development targets

Parliamentary committee voices ‘serious concerns’, including use of a digital-only system and numerous technical problems

NAO head says the department failed to protect innocent students in 2014 English test cheating scandal

Minister reveals cost of building online service

Department says Future Recruiting Programme will improve on “overly complex” predecessor scheme

Watchdog notes progress with post-Brexit trade agreements as well as capacity issues

In the latest instalment of our series on civil service leavers, we meet Andrew Morley, who after a working on policing and justice policy in the civil service, is now a consultant on public safety in the Middle East. He explains how he has used the skills he learnt as civil servant in a new environment

Trade department perm sec tells CSW that work to fuse regional trade plans with UK economic sectors is nearing completion

In an increasingly complex security environment, working with the private sector to find solutions is more important than ever. Shaun Hipgrave, head of the new Joint Security and Resilience Centre, talks to Sam Trendall about solving security challenges and why, after 30 years, he’s finally found his dream job