Government Tax Profession

Ministry of Defence perm sec Stephen Lovegrove offers "expertise" to DExEU as Whitehall readies for Brexit – but downplays impact of European Union departure on the MoD's own work

New report from cross-party group of MPs highlights risks to shake up of police, ambulance and fire service comms — but praises low leadership churn at the Home Office

 But devolved parliaments in Holyrood, Cardiff and Stormont will not get binding votes on Article 50

Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood praises outgoing intelligence chief – who tells ministers he is resigning for personal reasons – for his decades of "dedicated public service"

Cabinet Office report finds that Whitehall's move to digital happened at different rates in different departments, meaning information management was not properly re-assessed

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

Maritime and Coastguard Agency deal worth up to 20% for some staff, and a minimum of 2%

Watchdog cites failure to get Treasury agreement for scheme's lifetime funding as contributing factor to the cancellation of a £100m competition

The chief executive of the Crown Commercial Service has told the Public Accounts Committee that he would rather “take time to build a model that endures” than rush to increase the volume of services bought through and by his centralised procurement team

Prospect says David Davis’ reflections on civil service resourcing sought to “invoke the Blitz spirit” but ignore history

Gordon Brown's former strategy chief and easyJet CEO among additions to new department's board 

Brexit secretary insists claims Whitehall doesn’t have the resourcing to cope with leaving the European Union are driven by officials keen to increase their departmental budgets​

Rob Behrens tells MPs that office relocation and merged operations with local government counterpart can fund investment in complaints handlers

Minister Ben Gummer says his department is working with the Civil Service Commission to unwind coalition-era reforms – but questions remain over fate of staff already brought into government

"No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain," says prime minister in major Chatham House address

Number of deputy directors also set to fall from 116 to 80, according to the HSJ

Comes after supplier Concentrix "consistently failed to achieve more than half of its performance targets" during first year of its tax credit checks contract

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

Recruitment drive looks to replace lost policy officers after former department’s relocation bid

More pre-Budget consultation, the creation of a new Cabinet committee, and a tougher stance from Treasury perm secs feature on think tanks' wish list

Parliament must be given a say on "hugely complex task", says the Exiting the European Union Committee

Treasury Committee, chaired by Andrew Tyrie (pictured), questions tax authority's plans to make businesses keep digital records and produce quarterly updates

Labour calls for opening up of “narrow, closed circle” at the top of Whitehall by including new Department for International Trade chief

Cabinet Office-commissioned study backs the “default presumption of full-cost recovery” for regulatory activities