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System launched ahead of NHS app intended to help people find out if they have came into contact with anyone with Covid-19 symptoms

Tests of antiviral medication remdesivir to begin

Prime minister plans to backtrack on previous decision to allow Chinese giant to play a role in next-generation telecoms

Successful candidate will succeed Alex Chisholm, now civil service COO

Cabinet Office investigating 'unauthorised' tweet sent in heat of Cummings lockdown row

Scientist speaks out as junior minister resigns over spad's lockdown breach

New guidelines to be published by governemnt as part of retail re-opening

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

“At this difficult time, it is of crucial importance that parliament is able to hold government to account," Jenkin says

Just 20% of staff in one department are able to work from home

Case left government to run Prince William's household in 2018

Cabinet Office minister says there will be “some limited additional process on goods arriving in Northern Ireland” under the Brexit deal

"You should not expect to be back in your usual workplace anytime soon," officials told

"The costs of government’s response are large and uncertain," public spending watchdog says

Government wants to appear like it takes workers' safety seriously "without actually doing anything about it", Clancy says

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration must have "unquestionable integrity"

The Regulatory Policy Committee exists to ensure departments effectively weigh up the costs, benefits and risks of new regulations. Its interim chair, Stephen Gibson, tells Beckie Smith why it’s important to tell departments what they need to hear – even if it’s not what they want to hear

“Politicians decide and we should be subjected to scrutiny," first minister says after criticism of clinical director

Pay remit guidance for 2020-21 prompts mixed reactions

Lack of tests among “most significant problems” in government's handling of the pandemic, Science and Technology Committee says

Departments can give average wage increases of up to 2.5%, pay remit guidance says

'The department knows it can’t go on like this,' says PAC chair

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

Coronavirus crisis has shown officials can work free of "constraints of location and organisational boundaries", Alex Chisholm tells CSW