Public services facing financial uncertainty despite Budget spending boost – IfG
12 Nov Operational Delivery

Public services facing financial uncertainty despite Budget spending boost – IfG

It is “unlikely” that public services will see a notable improvement in performance next year, think tank warns
by Beckie Smith
Winter fuel payment cut will push 50,000 pensioners into poverty, DWP admits
20 Nov Operational Delivery
Winter fuel payment cut will push 50,000 pensioners into poverty, DWP admits
Covid Inquiry: Treasury and No.10 blocked NHS request for 10,000 extra beds
12 Nov Operational Delivery
Covid Inquiry: Treasury and No.10 blocked NHS request for 10,000 extra beds
Digital identity watchdog launches in DSIT
31 Oct Operational Delivery
Digital identity watchdog launches in DSIT
Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses
22 Feb 2012 Operational Delivery
Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses

Departmental select committee chairs have provided mixed reviews of the departments they scrutinise for a Civil Service World Special Report, which has found that 40 per cent of them are dissatisfied with departments’ responses to their reports.
NAO rejects Grayling attack on DWP report
25 Jan 2012 Operational Delivery
NAO rejects Grayling attack on DWP report

The National Audit Office (NAO) has defended its report on the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Work Programme, after welfare minister Chris Grayling said that the NAO analysis was “partially based on guesswork.”
22 Dec 2011 Operational Delivery
New civil service chiefs write on reform challenges of 2012

The incoming head of the civil service, Sir Bob Kerslake, has warned civil servants that in 2012 ministers will expect to agree and enact reforms across the civil service.
19 Oct 2011 Operational Delivery
Hodge to meet Gus over HMRC

Sir Gus O'Donnell will meet with public accounts committee chair Margaret Hodge following an evidence session in which she raised concerns over the accountability of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).