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

International trade secretary Liz Truss names panel of advisers to consider location for up to 10 tax-free ports

'Consumer panic', disrupted supply of medicines and rise in organised crime also among no-deal risks, internal documents say

Bids sought after G4S contract was extended despite revelations of abuse at Brook House

Civil Service Commission also reveals Health and Safety Executive breached recruitment principles

Calls for 28-day cap rejected the same day as Home Office confirms new immigration minister

Sajid Javid opens spending taps to boost border and customs operations, medical supplies and public information in no-deal Brexit

Incoming chair pledges to "partner more effectively with private sector suppliers" at defence buying body

Department seeks team to come in conduct review of technical and cultural obstacles

£300m spending cap accounts for possible frequency of “disruption events”, including border delays

Fraud and error remain a "significant challenge" as measures to cut mistakes fail, permanent secretary says

Plans will include "one of the biggest peacetime public information campaigns this country has seen"

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

Spending Review delay would be “bad news for those planning and managing big public services”, but departments must prepare, IfG says

Union says pay award was imposed “without proper and meaningful consultation”

More people are accessing more online services, department claims, but 'large amount of uncertainty' remains around Brexit

Series of ministerial appointments made yesterday, while rumoured spad appointments on the way

Former DfE spad and Vote Leave chief is a longstanding critic of Whitehall. CSW reviews what he says he would change if he had power

Johnson promises to "mobilise the civil service" as he tells Gove to make no-deal planning "top priority"

Foreign Office is told not to "pick and choose" which leaks to investigate

Former DfE spad and Vote Leave chief Dominic Cummings set for key role as first cabinet appointments exepcted today

Internal memo praises civil service's 'commitment to serve the government, the country and your fellow citizens objectively and professionally”

Scruton's return as chair comes after incoming prime minister Boris Johnson says sacking was “disgraceful”

Some surprising figures have invited management consultants into Whitehall over the past six decades, although their private-sector expertise has not always been directed where it was needed most