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The fall of construction firm turned outsourcing giant Carillion comes at a time when criticism of private provision of public services is rising. Richard Johnstone looks at Whitehall’s response and takes soundings for the future

Move follows Public Accounts Committee observation that up-front borrowing could have reduced the cost to consumers of the £20bn Hinkley Point C project

MPs credit department with bringing programme “back from the brink” but warn that biggest challenges are yet to come

Tailored review urges Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to give garden city development corporation more financial freedom

Response to FOI request also reveals that department spends £66m a year on IT

Appointments watchdog publishes advice letter to Ameetpal Gill over contract with Oliver Letwin’s cross-party Brexit initiative

Study finds that a quarter of officers need to access six or more databases in working on a single case

Treasury has handed £150m to official receiver for overseeing company’s liquidation, it has been revealed 

Damning report finds no evidence of department-driven workforce planning for sector since Gordon Brown was prime minister

David Jones said there was a “huge improvement across the board in the preparedness of departments” in the first year following the creation of DExEU

Tax agency will move 2,700 staff to second Scottish regional centre by 2021

Proposals indicate that the firm, which went out of business last month, expected to be able to get double its profit margins on some Whitehall contracts

MPs criticise slow progress on “byzantinely complicated task” but Brexit department insists capability is constantly under review

Head of the watchdog, Elizabeth Denham, says ICO will be expected to do “more of everything” as strict new data compliance law comes down the track

Brexit is creating a mammoth task for government. The new Brexit|Org|Gov Project is attempting to understand and track what needs to be done across the public sector ahead of leaving the EU

Department for Work and Pensions update lists offices earmarked for closure in rest of 2018

Crown Commercial Service has put together a £16m four-year framework with six suppliers offering “nudge theory” advice

Nationalising the service currently operated by Virgin Trains is one of two options for services after franchise “got its sums wrong”

The man responsible for delivering the National Cyber Security Strategy to discusses diversity, enabling change, and a holistic approach to security

Intervention by three former civil service chiefs comes after leading Brexiteers accused the Treasury off fiddling figures to maintain a close relationship with the EU

Describing GDS as "well-meaning but increasingly peripheral", departments are starting to take back digital responsibilities. This is a mistake

Vodafone explores some of the ways IoT is significantly improving public sector service delivery

Programme manager bags runner up slot in literary springboard the Costa Short Story Award

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