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Public Accounts Committee calls for forensic audit of spending at UK Trade & Investment after concluding contractor took advantage of arm’s-length body

Rise in spending through aid outsourcing has turned DfID into a commissioning department, say MPs

Committee says more work is needed on the economic impact of leaving the EU on WTO terms

Think tank says data dashboards have the potential to mislead and urges government to boost staff’s data science skills

Alex Holmes announced that he is to become deputy director of cyber security at the department

Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service replaces National Offenders Management Service as Ministry of Justice takes over the commissioning and monitoring of prison and probation services

Now that the government has begun the Article 50 process, the Brexit honeymoon period will be over for Theresa May. Securing a deal which pleases everyone – or indeed anyone – will be virtually impossible

Former Treasury civil servant Sir David Norgrove wants to raise the status of statisticians and economists in government

Brexit blamed for increase in churn levels at central department

David Prout announces departure a month after legislation for £56bn project's first phase gets Royal Assent

Department also pledges to develop new agriculture and land use plans ahead of Brexit

“Streamlined” use of delegated powers will be used to correct and update EU law onto the UK statute books

Pledge comes as civil service unions issue civil service unions issue warning over Whitehall capacity

Widespread Whitehall view that GDS is struggling with an expanded role

DfE-owned LocatED will be “Britain’s biggest property start-up”, while the Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency will be merged

CIPFA commission will provide advice to ministers as the Article 50 negotiations proceed

After six years at the helm of this tiny Whitehall team, John Whiting is standing down. Here he shares his experiences of trying to simplify Britain’s fiendish tax system – and what he’s learnt in the process

In making bids for more powers, many councils have moved outside their comfort zone to craft plans that improve local services. Can the same be said of central government?

Prospect union's deputy general secretary Garry Graham warns the UK will enter negotiations with "one hand tied behind its back" unless it addresses concerns over civil service capacity and workloads 

Compensation to firms hits nearly £100m due to botched deal, says business secretary Greg Clark

Select committee calls on Treasury to relax rules so that Department for International Development can build capacity to ensure it allocates and manages aid budgets effectively

Detailed figures released by the Treasury reveal how much businesses are expected to have to spend on hardware, software and training