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Civil service’s largest trade union seeks judicial review of terms and conditions overhaul

 But devolved parliaments in Holyrood, Cardiff and Stormont will not get binding votes on Article 50

Rob Behrens tells MPs that office relocation and merged operations with local government counterpart can fund investment in complaints handlers

With a snap election looming after the Northern Ireland executive was brought down by a scandal over renewable heat incentives,  Alan Bermingham explores the governance and public finance implications of the Stormont crisis 

"No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain," says prime minister in major Chatham House address

Sir Nicholas Macpherson says his Treasury predecessor was "instrumental in pulling the country back from the brink in 1976"

Former cabinet secretary "all sorts of details will still remain to be sorted out" after two-year deadline elapses

Proceedings set to last for four days, with a ruling due in the new year

"Anyone found to have leaked sensitive information will be dismissed even where there is no compromise of national security," Heywood tells departmental chiefs

Former top officials warn against centralisation of power with the finance ministry on eve of chancellor Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement

 Former head of the civil service Lord Kerslake urges government to "pause, review, take stock of what it has in front of it and then revisit the question of capacity"

Downing Street source says "the world has changed" since peers inflicted government defeat on tax credit cuts

Making a success of Brexit does not mean UK should ditch its reputation as a "free, tolerant, outward facing society", says former Foreign Office permanent secretary

Constitutional expert and Whitehall historian Lord Hennessy says work must begin now for an official history of the UK’s exit from the European Union

Institute for Government says ruling on Parliamentary approval for Article 50 trigger will “greatly impact” Theresa May’s plans to enact leave mechanism by March 2017

Iraq inquiry chair tells MPs that senior officials must "insist on their right to be heard and to record what their advice is" if they are to learn the lessons of the Iraq invasion

Former cabinet secretary to be grilled on civil service reform next week

"We do not require wider education legislation in this session to make progress on our ambitious education agenda," says education secretary

Riddell says he has received “indications” that the government will consult his watchdog on its choice of panel members and drawing up new governance code for public appointments

Institute for Government warns imposing an England-focused settlement would be “reckless” as prime minister Theresa May prepares to meet devolved nation heads

Public and Commercial Services union hits out at "reprehensible" changes to redundancy pay, and says it will urge members to reject the Cabinet Office's final offer

Comments come as government fights legal challenge arguing it it does not have the power to trigger Article 50 without the consent of parliament

Susan Acland-Hood on the move as courts service presses ahead with digital shake-up

Former chancellor sets up a new think tank to hold the government's feet to the fire on his pet devolution project