Government Tax Profession

Select committee chair Frank Field told DWP that he could not guarantee the universal credit reports he has obtained will remain confidential 

Whitehall update on English devolution sets out details of devolved funding areas in 2016-17

Government claims 10-year plan to converge back office services will save millions of pounds

Auditor general Amyas Morse confirms scrutiny plans following request from Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan

Department seeks supplier to bring two programmes under single service-management structure in £200m-plus project

Entire ministerial team at the central Whitehall department changes as Theresa May completes wide-ranging government reshuffle

Code updated to protect staff and prevent inappropriate overseas visits following Damian Green, Michael Fallon and Priti Patel scandals

Former justice secretary does not take ‘first secretary of state’ title while Esther McVey named new work and pensions secretary

Transport department insists that franchise will continue to meet financial terms to 2020 and has paid more to Treasury than previous state-owned operator

Prime minister announces rebranded Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department of Health and Social Care 

Former infrastructure tsar and Cabinet minister says Brexit is sidelining other issues and claims half of civil servants believe government policy is ‘trashing the national interest’

Reform hailed as evidence of One Team government approach to improving how Whitehall works

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

Department launches three-year plan to boost digital, data and technology offer

Organisation recruiting for role heading up ‘small, but growing team’

Environment secretary praises ‘brilliant’ Defra staff but rubbishes bureaucracy and ‘haphazard’ inspection regimes

Treasury committee launches inquiry into the impact of childcare policy on the economy, which will include HMRC’s role

Supplier sought to kick off project by engaging with the big four mobile network operators

Candidate will also be tasked with leading review of how legislation could be modernised following EU withdrawal

PCS union accuses department of casualising the workforce as proposal follows years of staffing cuts

Whitehall departments to be told there are ‘no excuses’ for lack of Brexit preparation

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

Tax department issues unprecedented statement after Cabinet ministers question tax decisions for Brexit-backing donors

Philip Rutnam and predecessor Mark Sedwill join HMRC’s Edward Troup in list of public servants recognised by the Queen