Government Tax Profession

Perm sec’s letter to MPs details £321m in adjustments and £900m prisons-repair backlog

Secretary of state Amber Rudd pledges “fresh and honest” examination with medical and charity input

Sir David Normington tells event that attacks on officials could be "passing phase" or "existential threat"

Resignation comes after Sir John Major says Darroch should not be "thrown to the wolves" for doing his job

Benefits agreed in £33m Eurotunnel settlement “little more than window dressing”, MPs say

Committee says department is displaying "a distressing pattern" of ignoring calls to test the managed migration process before pilots

Industrial action will be the latest in a series of strikes that have been backed by high-profile MPs 

Foreign Office permanent secretary says probe will be government-wide as emails had a "very wide" readership in Whitehall

Foreign Office says ambassadors must be able to give "honest, unvarnished" opinions in confidence

Committee endorses MHCLG nomination but says it's “disappointed” that it wasn't consulted on the selection process

Next prime minister urged to float Department for Health and Social Care's long-delayed vision ahead of conference season

Agreement reached as Deloitte fined £4.2m over its auditing of the outsourcing giant during the scandal

Department has “no real understanding” of how well £12bn of pump-priming cash is being used, MPs warn

Javid gives go-ahead after perm sec Rutnam says his approval is needed for payments in absence of legislation

Nick Smallwood replaces Tony Meggs at joint Treasury and Cabinet Office agency

Cabinet secretary says that leaks are ‘incredibly damaging for the overall integrity of the civil service’

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Select committee scrutiny comes after CSW reveals repayments being demanded from retired officials

Regulator publishes Openness by Design three-year plan

Appeal had led to delay in revelation of the civil service pension scheme

Hunt also unveils plans for cabinet taskforce to keep pressure on no-deal planning as rival Boris Johnson told to scrap Whitehall departments

Department floats two-year contact to support delivery of tech and infrastructure

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

Latest move comes after Institute for Government warns government may never be as ready for no deal as it was in March