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Public appointments commissioner William Shawcross, SIS chief Richard Moore and second perm secs among high-profile recipients

The creation of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is a sensible move – but it will need to learn from its predecessor, writes Tom Sasse

New appointments at BaT, ESNZ, DIT, DCMS and elsewhere in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via the Dods People team

BEIS perm sec Sarah Munby moves to new science department, while Sarah Healey moves from DCMS to DLUHC

One of the top civil servants in charge of HS2 has been moved from the Department for Transport (DfT) to another government ministry. Clive Maxwell, who

The 21km Golborne link or “spur” was part of HS2 that split from the main line before Manchester Airport and connected to the West Coast Main Line (WCML),

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said his department was looking at all programmes ahead of the November 17 budget, including how HS2 can be delivered in a more efficient way, he said.

It is not yet clear what the makeup of the future UK government, including its energy department staff, will be.

Clive Maxwell has been appointed second Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Four elections, a pandemic and a Brexit vote later and the designs for Euston are still to be finalised. However, as revealed by NCE sister-title CN last