Government Tax Profession

Justice secretary confirms Peter Clarke and Dame Glenys Stacy to head up respective prisons and probation watchdogs 

Dieter Helm, chair of the advisory Natural Capital Committee, urges creation of a new "smaller, more tightly focussed Environment Protection agency"

National Audit Office raises concerns over the number of transformation projects government is undertaking, as report notes that over a third of major projects due to be delivered this Parliament may be unachievable

Emergency services will be encouraged to share back office functions under plans outlined by the Home Office

Chancellor George Osborne pays tribute to "one of the outstanding public servants of his generation" as Macpherson announces his departure from the civil service

Special report: The civil service is getting happier, according to its most recent People Survey. Suzannah Brecknell explores what else the survey tells us about change and engagement across government

Chief executive of the tax authority awarded in New Year's Honours list - while DWP perm sec Robert Devereux is knighted

With the end of 2015 in sight, we asked Whitehall's top officials to look back at the year, set out their priorities for 2016 – and shed some light on their festive plans...

A new government, a Spending Review, big-name arrivals and departures – it's been a pretty busy year for Whitehall. As we head into the new year, take a trip down memory lane with CSW's most-read interviews, features and news stories of 2015

Treasury says "one-off" factors to blame for higher-than-forecast public borrowing

Special report: With the Spending Review out of the way and all eyes on Whitehall's new Single Departmental Plans, Matt Foster assesses what the next four years of austerity are likely to mean for the size and shape of government – and how the much-heralded “transformation” of the state will play out in practice

Immigration interpreters may refuse work over Home Office plans to change terms

Senior Department for Transport official – who has served as deputy director for high speed rail strategy – will head up George Osborne's Commission

Deal confirms Spending Review's projected average cut of 6.7% for councils as they move towards full localised funding

Lord Strathclyde recommends new law to ensure that the red benches can only ask the Commons to “think again” 

Public sector union leader re-elected for another five years as general secretary

Latest workforce data from the Office for National Statistics shows civil service shrank by 1.4% in Q3

National Audit Office finds trust deficits becoming “normal practice” 

NAO research finds there are now 218 companies in government, but over half are not listed in official sources

Former head of the civil service tells Labour's own FoI review that intentional leaks to the press show "double standard" in Whitehall over the transparency law

KPMG and Hay Group win first two lots as Cabinet Office makes changes to the way departments buy training courses

Permanent secretary announces she is to step down from her role after 25 years in the civil service

Opposition tables a new amendment to the EU Referendum Bill that would grant 16 and 17-year-olds the vote in the public poll

Former head of the civil service says "public will draw their own conclusions" about any attempt to curb the transparency law