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Boris Johnson’s new adviser is a risk-taker able to shape the political landscape
Growing concern that Whitehall has been unfairly dragged into Brexit debate
Some officials say the amount of change in key departments is worrying
Above-inflation pay rise must be funded from existing departmental budgets
Brexit supporters harbour the false notion that a Europhile deep state is to blame
Whitehall’s brain drain preceded Brexit, but now poses a real danger
Civil servants furious after Tory frontrunner throws Darroch ‘to the wolves’
Planning for no-deal on October 31 is putting civil servants under severe pressure
Incident has caused embarrassment, but the UK-US relationship will survive the rift
Leak seems aimed at replacing him with someone more to liking of Trump and Johnson
Treasury clamps down on six-figure severance deals for senior staff
Cabinet secretary and national security adviser jobs fused to make a ‘success’ of Brexit
Ministers and officials have limited capacity to consider anything else
Theresa May has lost top ministers at twice the rate of predecessors
Whitehall officials have been called on to perform an impossible task
Angela Rayner calls for end to Whitehall’s academic requirements in drive for parity
Business leaders could become Foreign Office’s top overseas diplomats
Jeremy Heywood who served four PMs quits as Eurosceptics hit out at his staff
Illness prompts Jeremy Heywood to step down as cabinet secretary
Top taxman forced to upgrade security while chief Brexit negotiator suffers verbal onslaughts
As negotiators prepare to meet again, could civil servant Olly Robbins prove Brexit’s unlikely hero?
Call for transparency as study shows only four departments display information
Thatcher ‘somewhat disquieted’ on learning that a few troublemakers held senior roles
Senior officials develop plans to overhaul civil service for post-EU challenges
Mark Sedwill’s move fuels speculation he may in time succeed Jeremy Heywood
