Project Delivery

Rob Thompson takes position as department’s technology leader after four years at DWP

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

Department for Work and Pensions accused of being 'in denial' over negative impacts of new welfare system

How effective departments' contingency planning for no-deal will be 'remains to be seen', NAO says

Civil servants need to go "back to basics" on spending and record keeping, watchdog says

'Mismatches in volumes and available staffing will impair our ability to clear work,' Neil Couling told MPs

Ensuring staff are equipped to deak with huge workload is also an 'anxiety', says Clare Moriarty 

Some projects were not given intended outcomes by which to measure success, making it impossible to determine what they have achieved, the watchdog said

Plans were leaked as MPs prepare to question employment minister Alok Sharma about the rollout

Cabinet Office says opening of new office for more than 6,000 civil servants a key milestone in efforts to rationalise government property portfolio

Some policies have gone ahead “apparently unchallenged, despite falling short of the standards set by the Treasury”, the report said

The Work and Pensions Select Committee's inquiry comes after the government admitted Universal Credit would make some people “worse off” 

“If I were the Treasury I might be asking questions about how this was managed," committee chair Meg Hillier said.

Department says the calculation would require “significant time and investment” to calculate returns and would not be proportionate

Rising demand for services “will make it even harder to achieve the government’s ambition”, the watchdog said

The Institute for Apprenticeships was 'playing catch-up for the mistakes the department made before it was created', MPs said

“We have always said the timeline for implementing the Customs Declaration Service is tight," a spokesperson said

“We do not share your optimism" that HMRC will be ready for a no-deal Brexit, PAC chair Meg Hillier told perm sec Jon Thompson

PAC chair Meg Hillier says department has “very serious questions” to answer over delayed rollout of emergency communications system

The emergency services’ outgoing Airwave network will stay in place for at least three years 

Hillier also said project delivery skills should be valued more highly within civil service job structures

Initial planning was “optimistic”, resulting in missed milestones, report finds

Home Office’s “light touch approach” to running the country’s police forces means it does not understand the full impact of cuts to the service, the Government’s watchdog has warned

Resolution Foundation says much-criticised reform now faces most difficult stage and government needs to work to ensure take up