Politics & Constitution

Home Affairs Committee chair Keith Vaz repeatedly questions Robbins on Border Force funding

Former head of the civil service speaks out against plans to toughen union laws in latest high-profile intervention

Former head of the civil service asked by Labour to "review the operation of the Treasury itself" – as shadow chancellor John McDonnell signals major shift in the opposition's economic policy

Opposition's deputy leader named as new shadow minister for the Cabinet Office

Civil service chief executive John Manzoni points to end of the "Francis Maude era" in his first speech to the FDA union

David Cameron to return to Downing Street as party defies predictions of a hung parliament

In the second of CSW's in-depth assessments of the party manifestos, Mark Rowe picks apart the Tory document to find out what the party has in store for the civil service

A glance at the new pledges contained in today's Conservative manifesto, as party praises the "impartial, professional and highly capable civil service"

PASC chair Bernard Jenkin is highly critical of aspects of the civil service – but he’s sympathetic to civil servants themselves, and earlier this month an audience of officials gave his arguments a warm reception. Matt Ross reports.