Government Tax Profession

Department implements controls to prevent fraudsters calling citizens from numbers that appear legitimate

FDA petition says pay has stagnated while ministers 'make political capital out of the end of austerity'

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

Troubled background-checking agency appoints local authority boss to top job

Regulator calls for publication of official data to "enable meaningful public spending debate"

Parliamentary committee voices ‘serious concerns’, including use of a digital-only system and numerous technical problems

Sedwill acknowledges setbacks but says 2014 reset he oversaw was "reasonable based on the information available at the time"

Digital director will lead "transition away from legacy technology", NCA says

CCS issues contract notice for £380m online system

DfID in the firing line as candidates seek to win support for leadership bids

Home Office officials also said they knew suppliers were using two different software versions to develop ESN technology, which later caused delays

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

A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre

NAO head says the department failed to protect innocent students in 2014 English test cheating scandal

PCS move will generate tens of thousands of pounds a month for ‘fighting fund’

Labour probe reveals wide variation in cybersecurity training provision to civil servants

Analysis comes as cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom resigns over Theresa May’s revised EU exit plan

Lovegrove tells MPs contractors can use Whitehall site for parliament refurb 

Registered pharmacies will be allowed to sell straws to people who need them for medical purposes after concern from disability rights groups

PAC questions whether apprenticeships on offer are the “best use of the available funding in terms of adding genuine value to the economy”

PM sets out measures intended to get MPs to back Brexit deal, including vow to complete work on "alternative arrangements" to the controversial Irish backstop by the end of 2020

Comms staff to receive more training after a media officer circulated figures from public opinion tracker to colleagues

Job spec states that the candidate will be required to lead the shift from a policy department to a greater operational focus

UK a close second as ranking authors warn of global "inequality of access to AI”