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Report blasts "incomplete and inaccurate" understanding of conditions and flags £916m backlog of major repairs

Proportion of money spent with small firms continues to rebound

Chinese vendor will remain excluded from so-called core areas of the network

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

More than two-thirds surveyed predict a surge in business from government, councils and health service

Watchdog says keenness to proceed with Liverpool project led to deal being struck before construction failings were known

Officials failed to learn lessons as cost of projects rockets by 115%, NAO says

Evaluation underway after warnings that contract with operator Arriva may collapse within months

Manager set up monthly payments to his own business for made-up IT services contract

Union says proposals show "a lack of understanding of the modern realities of the civil service"

More power should be held by the prime minister’s office, says think tank in a paper influenced by Dominic Cummings

Plans to support entrepreneurs "from the moment the seed of an idea is planted" also include apprenticeship levy revamp

Key question is whether services would be better managed in the public sector, IFS says

Social impact charity NPC says Whitehall procurement reforms needed to improve effectiveness of public spending

CCS issues contract notice for three-lot deal offering direct award and further competition options

Former Cabinet Office minister reflects on forces that oppose change in an exclusive interview with The Civil Service World Podcast

The head of the National Audit Office has set out his priorities for the role in an exclusive interview with The Civil Service World Podcast

Transport for London and department need up to £650m more to complete late-running project

Cabinet Office says pre-election guidance applies to all civil servants and NDPB staff

Digital secretary confirms that the UK’s next government will be the one to make the call on whether to allow the Chinese vendor to help build the country’s telecoms infrastructure

Ministry to create commercial vehicle for accessing external expertise needed to support IT and digital programmes over the next five years

Head of the government property profession Janet Young tells Civil Service World how she is helping build expertise around government.

Freight service will transport medical supplies with short shelf lives like radioisotopes and human organs

Transport secretary also reveals Northern franchise could be nationalised over contractor's poor performance