Government Tax Profession

Appointments watchdog calls on departments to better coordinate their public appointments teams

National Audit Office warns shortage of key commercial and cost assurance experts could jeopardise £1.7bn savings target from non-competitive contracts

MPs raise concerns about department’s attitude to science advice after learning its acting chief scientific advisor is an economist

HMRC chief says the organisation will present a ‘reprioritisation’ plan to ministers next year, and plans to hire more staff as Brexit workload increases

Science and Technology Committee to assess quality and extent of research used in government interventions and early-years policy

International development secretary and top officials insist department is pioneering transparency standards in government

Welsh Government “innovation directory” will pull together more timely big data and analysis for economists and policy makers

Steve Allen to leave government-owned company building new rail link after auditors slam unauthorised redundancy payments

PCS general secretary also claims that civil servants have implemented some government reforms “unwillingly”

Ministry of Justice perm sec and other top officials from justice and health admit staff cuts have contributed to record high suicide rate in prisons

Tax authority announces recruitment for top tax post will be limited to existing civil servants

GMB union accuses Treasury of “cover up” after data was not released until threat to refer department to Information Commissioner’s Office 

Michael Lockwood will become first director general of the Independent Office for Police Conduct

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

Sinn Féin and DUP given two weeks to agree new power-sharing deal or face Westminster intervention on budget

Civil service race champion said it could take 10 years for progress on racial diversity to match that made on gender

Minister says target to hire 2,500 new staff has passed the half way mark but union warns attrition rates are at an all-time high

Institute for Government report says universal pay hike could exacerbate Tories’ political woes amid £10bn spending hole

Former policy advisor at the Better Regulation Executive becomes PM at head of coalition government

Behavioural Insights Team annual report details its work with departments, including ‘TripAdvisor-style’ feedback tool to help CCS boost spend with SMEs

Transition chief tells MPs the department’s “pioneering” work in digital will help boost the low number of British exporters

Unusual recruitment process will establish possible candidates for £133k posts to lead Northern Ireland departments – but there are currently no vacancies

Home secretary Amber Rudd said department is ‘tooling up’ with extra staff but real capacity will be created by new online system

A government-commissioned study makes 18 recommendations, including asking GDS to help create a scheme to boost public sector use of artificial intelligence