Fraud, Error Debt & Grants

Cabinet Office has reportedly been monitoring the firm since last September amid fears for future

Public administration select committee announces new inquiry into risks of outsourcing following collapse of contractor Carillion

David Lidington said it would not have been responsible for the government to bail out the firm that works on rail projects as well as managing prisons and providing school meals

PCS union accuses department of casualising the workforce as proposal follows years of staffing cuts

Theresa May took second opinion from Sir Alex Allen before sacking her closest Cabinet ally

MPs slam department’s weak oversight after company made unauthorised redundancy payouts totalling £1.76m

Think tank report on public inquiries finds lack of formal guidance, procedures and scrutiny measures

Government response to Public Accounts Committee report also confirms consultation plan for new regime to tackle unpaid VAT by online marketplaces

Post-implementation evaluation admits many employers see new system as a burden

 Public Accounts Committee criticises departments' “business as usual” assumption for 2019 and berates pace of pan-Whitehall Border Planning Group 

Tax agency has signed a 25-year lease on London office for 3,800 staff

DExEU perm sec insists analysis has “huge value” despite criticism that it does not amount to full impact assessments

Treasury guidance also expands role for ministers in requests for direction from departmental agencies and arm’s length bodies

Former Cabinet Office minister told MPs he became disillusioned with civil service skills and repeats call for basic training

Department for Education insists process was followed with regard to Steve Lamey, who alleges a “witch hunt”

Association of Revenue and Customs warns government not rely on “goodwill” to deliver £155m recovery package with no progress on pay

Top government officials detail list of changes to 85 IT systems at the UK border required because of Brexit

Home Affairs Committee report slams "completely unconvincing" Home Office plans to appoint just 300 new border staff

Senior officials defend rationale for new GPS tags but admit major failings of project now delayed by more than five years 

Former Post Office and MoJ man Neil Hayward replaces Peter Gregory at DfT firm

HMRC staff reviewed 73,000 stopped or amended tax-credit claims and closed a further 181,000 cases after meltdown of outsourced fraud-and-error checking contract

Public Accounts Committee to question tax officials today while union calls for halt of office closures plan 

Sir Chris Wormald told by PAC chair to provide examples of best practice to inform Treasury’s decision to link pay cap rises to productivity 

National Audit Office warns shortage of key commercial and cost assurance experts could jeopardise £1.7bn savings target from non-competitive contracts