Transport

Former Network Rail chief exec and Olympics infrastructure tsar will succeed Andrew Adonis on a permanent basis

David Lidington said it would not have been responsible for the government to bail out the firm that works on rail projects as well as managing prisons and providing school meals

Just five local authorities bid for cash from government infrastructure scheme designed to accelerate delivery of on-street power points

Whitehall update on English devolution sets out details of devolved funding areas in 2016-17

Watchdog says department could have to pay nation’s least punctual train operator tens of millions of pounds a year because of changes to its contract requirements

Transport department insists that franchise will continue to meet financial terms to 2020 and has paid more to Treasury than previous state-owned operator

Former infrastructure tsar and Cabinet minister says Brexit is sidelining other issues and claims half of civil servants believe government policy is ‘trashing the national interest’

At the end of 2017, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

MPs slam department’s weak oversight after company made unauthorised redundancy payouts totalling £1.76m

You can’t take the politics out of big projects, but strengthening the National Infrastructure Commission and building the evidence base will lead to wiser decisions

Infrastructure and Projects Authority says new team will be created to ensure costs and schedules of major schemes are achievable

Polly Payne and Ruth Hannant named directors general for Rail Group in move hailed by perm sec as progress in "overwhelmingly male" industry

Action pre-empts driving examiner strike expected to start in early December

Former Post Office and MoJ man Neil Hayward replaces Peter Gregory at DfT firm

RAC says plans to introduce clean air zones in cities could be hindered by lack of access to information

Bernadette Kelly asked by MPs to look into “possibility of fraud” over £1.7m made in unauthorised redundancy payments

Steve Allen to leave government-owned company building new rail link after auditors slam unauthorised redundancy payments

 IfG calls for expanded role for Major Project Leadership Academy, including “regular engagement” with ministers

Independent adviser also calls for consultation to be reopened because of impact of snap general election

After a career at the top of industry, Tony Meggs joined the civil service to lead Whitehall’s work on project management. He speaks to Richard Johnstone about improving delivery across government and his ambitions for the profession

National Audit Office says pioneer areas require ongoing support and scrutiny, while regeneration role may expand

Institute for Government says High Speed 1 rail link and Thames Tideway tunnel are among projects where government may have made the wrong investment decision

Transport secretary Chris Grayling insists services are improving and some recommendations are already being implemented

Department-sponsored study flags move as part of wider reform of franchising system