Project Delivery

Alison Baptiste joins agency from leading project delivery at the Environment Agency

Ministry to work with successful proposals to help them develop the most appropriate delivery arrangements for new housing developments

Some 112 staff are on more than £150,000 while 15 take home more than £251,000

Leaked document reveals top officials will conduct research into potential negative impact of DWP policy or operational practice

DfT's high-speed railway company to appoint new top team as project moves from design to construction

Permanent secretary Peter Schofield says department has “confidence in NAO” following row over Universal Credit

 Minster tells Parliament she wants to "correct the record" after receving open letter from NAO chief Sir Amyas Morse

Justice Select Committee says service morale at an all-time low after controversial changes that may never deliver reoffending reduction aims

Select committee chair accuses senior civil servants running reform of being in ‘La La Land’ as report says changes may never have intended benefits

Innovative selection process sees three firms picked for 10-year project to support personnel for next-generation Dreadnought Class nuclear submarines

David Lidington tells MPs that review on outsourcer’s collapse should offer recommendations in coming months

Sir Jeremy Heywood defends civil service from Brexit attacks as he sets out the progress made since triggering of Article 50

MPs criticise “airy and irrelevant” responses from the department after committee raises questions over the projected employment boost from benefit reform​

Transition agreement hailed as a breakthrough but IfG warns that issues, including resolving the Irish border, remain

Update of 2012 rules explicitly identifies new entities being created as part of the UK’s departure from the European Union

Government Commercial Function professional standards handbook touted as ‘tool for career progression’

Independent review offers five recommendations to help department deliver aid more effectively

Details of additional Brexit funding also reveal £1m transfer of funds following Oliver Robbins’s move to the Cabinet Office

MPs credit department with bringing programme “back from the brink” but warn that biggest challenges are yet to come

Tailored review urges Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to give garden city development corporation more financial freedom

MPs criticise slow progress on “byzantinely complicated task” but Brexit department insists capability is constantly under review

Shadow body overseeing hubs programme and New Property Model expected to go live last year

Departments called on to be more open about policy challenges at five-year anniversary of the What Works Network

Fewer than 10% of Community Rehabilitation Companies qualify for offender-reduction rewards