Policy

FDA union says divorcing spads from ministers means the role essentially becomes a policy adviser recruited outside impartiality rules

Breakdown of talks would lead to increased customs checks, policy paper says

UK2070 commission calls for 20-year commitment to Shared Prosperity Fund and radical decentralisation of funding

Integrated review will "go beyond the parameters of a traditional review", No.10 says

Digital department also reveals work to “understand and address the issues with legacy IT in government”

David Normington reflects on Patel v Rutnam stand-off amid reports department faces institutional racism allegations in draft Windrush review

Policies "not yet operating with the consistency and coordination, nor with the scale" needed to meet industrial strategy goals

David Frost says the UK will not extend the transition period beyond the end of December as “at that point we recover our political and economic independence in full”

DfE perm sec confirms move on Twitter as he hosts annual conference

Chris Whitty says NHS has to prepare for 2% mortality rate but reality could be much less

Emma Howard Boyd calls on new watchdog to engage widely and not focus “just at those seen as doing ‘environment’”

Cabinet Office team working with ministries to identify roles ‘that do not meet our criteria for requiring a London base’

Cabinet Office says handful of departments will pilot Conservative manifesto pledge, commencing in weeks

PM rules out accepting EU rules in exchange for post-Brexit trade deal as both sides set out negotiating plans

Housing, education and transport are key areas for boosted local control with majority in favour of elected mayors

Transport secretary Grant Shapps said decision represented “the first small step towards the north taking back control of its railways”

Think-tank points to Cummings’ civil service reform agenda and debate on the union as key work areas

Grant Shapps vows to 'undo the damage' of 1960s Beeching rail cuts with £500m fund to reopen axed lines

Boris Johnson to take personal charge of post-Brexit trade talks supported by a 'small and agile' new unit

Plans for reform also include consistent use of cross-disciplinary teams in departments as contracts are signed

Confirmation of departure comes ahead of likely post-Brexit Whitehall shakeup

 

Move would reverse policy set out by Theresa May

Awards champion hails work of civil servants at start of a week-long programme to recognise winners

Think tank says policy makers need to better understand differential effects across the country amid warning that impact on worst off is being 'ignored'