Government Tax Profession

CDC is doing too little to ensure the billions it invests have maximum impact, ICAI says

New pharmaceutical regulator chief must oversee industry's post-Brexit transition 

Confidential document warns no-deal "structure will quickly fall if too many decisions are unnecessarily escalated to the top levels"

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

Report shows numbers of arm's-length bodies remained fairly stable in 2017-18 despite falling in previous years

Committee says department’s refusal to engage on key site for Richmond House redevelopment could also add £350m to project cost

Eight-hundred staff on the move, hundreds of millions in wage costs and holiday bans – how the civil service is preparing for Brexit day

Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation will look at how algorithms could reflect the biases of their developers

DWP minister Justin Tomlinson claims department wants to ‘avoid transferring errors from legacy benefits’

Government evaluation finds every £1 spent on the programme delivers £2.28 in economic benefits, with largest benefits for children at serious risk

The steady rise in civil servants continues, with growth concentrated in departments with the highest Brexit workloads

Request comes after MPs rejected May's withdrawal agreement for the second time last week

All party group of MPs says HMRC’s approach “is a direct cause of the acute anxiety and stress people subject to the loan charge are experiencing”

MPs urge government to address regional disparities and "bias towards the most innovative industries" in sector deals

Cabinet Office’s Oliver Dowden insists government really has ended the 1% pay cap on pay rises

Cabinet Office welcomes sale of firm in pre-pack administration deal that keeps public services operating

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

Report calls for 'complete rethink of the structure, funding and oversight of forensic science'

Single Departmental Plans to reflect on departments' performance against the framework from 2019-20

 

The Scottish government said the chancellor should use today's spring statement to "provide a proportionate amount of additional finance and flexibility to Scotland "

Tackling modern slavery, cyber security and climate change will help enterprises to secure a Whitehall contract

Consultation seeks views on whether the UK should develop its own infrastructure finance institution after Brexit

Unions slam “deplorable” plan to roll over salary contribution rates despite scheme administrators saying it is costing less than expected

Plan would waive Northern Ireland border checks and slash tariffs if the UK leaves the EU without a deal