Government Tax Profession

Department’s contracted-out cleaners, receptionists and security guards remain in talks, says PCS union

Johnson calls for 'compromise' as he sets out proposed Brexit Irish border plan

Effort to boost representation on SCS recruitment and promotion boards part of “iterative” approach to making civil service more inclusive, Selvin Brown says

Review of governance and management structure intended to "support the ramp up phase of delivery”

Prime minster says that UK will exit EU on 31 October so that country can ‘move on’

2019 survey also includes more questions about civil servants' socio-economic backgrounds

Government says updated freight capacity procurement ahead of planned 31 October exit has avoided problems that led to settlement

Harra takes over from Sir Jon Thompson, who has moved to the Financial Reporting Council

Cabinet secretary says he will "resist attempts to draw the civil service" into Brexit debates

Update predicts messaging service efficiencies will be £10m a year less than before

Stats watchdog says department has failed to answer questions about how the pledge will be funded

Chancellor will say work to improve UK infrastructure ‘must start here and now’

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

CDIO to return to Microsoft after two-year secondment

IfG also calls for arm's-length commission or What Works Centre to improve policymaking

FDA calls for creation of flexible-working passport among reforms to support smarter working

Report saying there is "still much to do" comes as G4S quits immigration outsourcing

'Continued and sustained pressure from Cabinet Office and DCMS' needed to convince departments to take action, PAC says

DWP to introduce RNIB training and virtual-reality headsets to Jobcentres

CDIO Davinson says the biggest challenge is ensuring sufficient investment in the ‘underpinning capabilities’

Contract signed as DfT says disruption caused by "lack of trader readiness" could slow down imports of medicines via some ports

Civil service trade unions slam Johnson’s “cavalier” suspension

Organisations won't be told if their grant applications are through to the next stage until November

Precise scope of new £180k GCDIO role is unclear, as is relationship with head of GDS