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Think tank says fear of central government scrutiny stops councils from sharing full “lessons learned” on service integration work

The Land Registry "must remain an essential arm of the state", says Conservative committee chair Bernard Jenkin, amid doubts over whether the government's privatisation plans will go ahead

IFS deputy director Carl Emmerson among new appointments to Social Security Advisory Committee

Earlier this month, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority published its annual report shedding light on the government’s largest and most complex projects. Alongside details on budget and timelines, each project is given a red, amber or green rating to indicate how likely it is to deliver expected benefits. Suzannah Brecknell takes a look at some of the key findings

New service charter sets out what the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman expects from departments and NHS trusts

Think tank calls for stronger sector-wide systems to support and learn from failing organisations

Spending watchdog says bosses failure to declare National Insurance Fund payments kept departmental revenue spending in the black

Reports claim Whitehall has ethical concerns about former prime minister's "brazen" request for peerages and other honours for former aides

Major speech by the head of the public spending watchdog warns ministers to stop asking the civil service to run on "perpetual overload"

Commercial Standards are getting an overhaul, the Cabinet Office confirms, but wider "Blueprints" are still not finished

Watchdog says "less transactional" process is required and criticises Single Departmental Plans for failing to meet transparency goals

DfE says introduction of the new Schools Funding Formula will now start in 2018-19 to allow for further consultation

National Audit Office says HMRC must not make taxpayers "underwrite the risk of failure through service breakdowns" – as tax expert tells CSW the timetable for Making Tax Digital may need to be reset

Department for Work and Pensions' director general tells MPs that policy changes are behind new timescales

John Manzoni tells MPs that departments and their agencies should be seen as a "total delivery system", with departments best placed to decide the level of oversight needed​

Charity calls for good practice standards, as survey highlights concerns about unfair treatment by local authorities and Department for Work and Pensions

Common Agricultural Policy fines continue to hamper Defra accounts, while National Audit Office also points to the Ministry of Defence's non-compliance with international accounting standards

Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin, who was leading the civil service's Brexit work, is out of the government

National Audit Office issues another qualification of department’s accounts and says fraud and error levels remain “unacceptably high”

Royal Statistical Society praises Transport department for "honest" and "innovative" presentation of official statistics

Watchdog suggests Home Office and NHS England tighten joint-working arrangements in future outsourcing deals

Former Public Accounts Committee chair tells PoliticsHome that she is "truly shocked" at Sir Nick Macpherson's new role with C Hoare & Co

The Grimstone overhaul of the Commissioner for Public Appointments "risks a loss of public confidence and trust" in the way key quango jobs are filled, warn MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) 85,000 staff will be encouraged to save with member-owned financial institutions