Transport

Nick Smallwood replaces Tony Meggs at joint Treasury and Cabinet Office agency

Lidington pledges government will only pay for capacity it uses after £50m payout to scrap no-deal ferry contracts

Meg Hillier also queries “surprising” lack of ministerial directions for some Brexit-related spending

£940,000 bill does not include VAT or cost of departmental officials' time

Does it really matter who represents your department at stakeholder meetings – or whether you’ve done a secondment outside Whitehall? Yes, says insider-turned-outsider John Dowie, who moved to work for First Bus after a 27-year civil service career. Here, sharing his observations of government from the other side, he explains why

Speaking at a think-tank event, Lord Macpherson also offered thoughts on the economy to incoming prime minister, while Treasury Select Committee chair said a full leadership contest is needed “so the maddest ideas perhaps don’t make it to asking for official civil service advice”. 

NAO report also reveals the department considered it was unlikely to be able defend any action against it for breaching procurement rules

Move comes as government at winds down emergency no-deal Brexit planning

Stagecoach says that leak of its plans for East Midlands franchise requires further investigation

Worst-case scenario timescale emerges after MPs voice doubts about official 2020 target

Dutch government-owned Abellio will take over East Midlands franchise

Transport secretary admits government can't recover Eurotunnel payout if no-deal Brexit is avoided

MPs call on department to set out consequences faced by officials for £17.6bn rail project’s late running

Department for Transport insists “HS2 is happening" as release of funds delayed

Department for Transport-funded services start as one firm says "there is no turning back at this late stage"

Taunton building completes three years after initial design work commenced

Policies that address health inequalities and better investment in housing among What Works Centre's proposals

Tax agency says only 17% of businesses have vital trading registration for no-deal Brexit 

The Transport Select Committee had called for clearer oversight of rail timetabling changes

Defra’s Clare Moriarty and DfT’s Bernadette Kelly update MPs on Brexit staffing plans for frontline departments

Bernadette Kelly defends department’s due diligence over Seaborne Freight debacle

DfT only received three bids for no-deal ferry contracts, NAO review finds

FoI requests before the deal was scrapped reveal external advisers to controversial contract

Details of planned support package published by business secretary Greg Clark after firm reverses pledge to manufacture new model at Sunderland plant