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Date likely to be decided today after Labour backs election plan

Chief operating officer will be one of the permanent secretary's "closest advisers”, job ad says

No-deal Brexit operations centre to be wound down for the second time this year

Devolution move seeks to align policy and spending decisions with health, education and social welfare

Department looks to bring in specialist team

Administrator sheds light on the scale of overpayments to pensioners first revealed by CSW this summer

Response to the Justice Committee reveals that Cabinet Office-led Reducing Reoffending Board has been scrapped

MPs applaud departmental drive to secure longer-term funding to tackle poor maintenance

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Union says move is “height of hypocrisy” for ministers who legislated to make industrial action more difficult

FDA says members feel their Brexit work "isn’t being valued" as they turn down offer

Interim perm sec Jim Harra tells MPs he believes the agency’s debt recovery approach is “reasonable”.

London Living Wage offer also applies to ISS porters, security guards, receptionists and post room staff

Union says there is a need for increased funding across government to resolve "systemic" pay problems

NAO finds £32.7m of public spending so far, but BEIS says full calculation of costs to back shale gas extraction would not yet be "meaningful"

Policy contains measures including drone-takedown unit and drive to promote design standards

Interim chief says reform is the only way to fix pay system's structural problems

Exit plan is backed by parliamentarians for the first time but scheduling dispute leaves deal in limbo

Civil Service World's October 2019 Estates and Smart Working Supplement looks at how government is changing its properties to embrace more flexible working and to help improve services, featuring HMRC, Defra and the Welsh Government. Read all the articles here

Ministry to create commercial vehicle for accessing external expertise needed to support IT and digital programmes over the next five years

Institute for Government says legislation timetable doesn't allow time for MPs to properly scrutinise deal

Legislation put forward as Michael Gove confirms Westminster would impose direct rule in a no-deal Brexit

Three letters come as Michael Gove announces Operation Yellowhammer plans for a no-deal Brexit have been implemented

Lond-awaited energy white paper finally on its way, business secretary tells MPs