Government Tax Profession

Amyas Morse tells MPs that ministerial directions are too rare and departments must re-prioritise ahead of Brexit

PCS union survey finds 99% of members want government to scrap public sector pay cap

Cabinet Office failed to respond to raft of measures to address the ‘alien culture’ that puts off new starters, HR advisor tells MPs

Figures show that spending with smaller firms fell for over half of Whitehall departments that reported figures

DWP, HMRC, DCMS and Cabinet Office staff win 2017 Reimagine Challenge for joined-up approach to aiding poor people in financial crisis

White paper to be published this month will set framework for more balanced economy post-Brexit, says PM

Public Accounts Committee to question tax officials today while union calls for halt of office closures plan 

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

Reform think tank argues for greater devolution of powers to buy healthcare, employment, skills and offender management services

Theo Rycroft also plays down significance of Oliver Robbins’ move to Cabinet Office

Civil service among organisations leading the way in Disability Confident scheme

Foreign Office insists higher wage bill reflects an increase in staff numbers as well as the impact of currency fluctuation

Number of parts moved between Navy vessels has increased by 50% in five years say auditors

Post will also involve creation of analytics tools and platforms for minimising fraud

Justice secretary asks officials to commence “post-implementation review” that was promised when reforms were introduced in 2012

David Davis says departments are preparing 300 Brexit-related programmes to be implemented with or without a deal

Sir Chris Wormald told by PAC chair to provide examples of best practice to inform Treasury’s decision to link pay cap rises to productivity 

Bernadette Kelly asked by MPs to look into “possibility of fraud” over £1.7m made in unauthorised redundancy payments

DExEU confirms that 58 impact studies have been produced for sectors ranging from agriculture  to tourism, but refuses to publish them

Tax collection agency says that work to tackle avoidance and evasion is paying off to tune of £12bn a year

Political climate makes further departmental spending cuts or higher taxes unlikely, report argues

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

Baroness Stowell, Lord Heseltine, Baroness Warsi and Harriet Harman are the latest former minsters to look back on their time in Whitehall as part of the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect series. They reveal the good and the bad of the civil service