Project Delivery

Plan also proposes “radically” reducing pay differentials between director general roles across departments, but any pay increase above the 1% cap in 2018-19 will need to be paid for by productivity improvements

MPs get update on outsourced prisons contract as Cabinet Office reports public services are being maintained

Department’s services arm offers up to £43k for globe-trotting specialists

Public Accounts Committee says that HMRC’s wide-ranging reform plans have been thrown into doubt by its extra Brexit workload

NAO report warns of stiff competition in recruitment and department’s funding and workload challenges

Whitehall’s chief executive says thousands of civil servants have already been moved into Brexit roles, with around a quarter coming from outside government

NAO report identifies staffing gaps in five departments and high rate of turnover in DExEU

NI Audit Office says government is not delivering value for money on its ageing and inefficient office estate

Dave Penman condemns “cowardly move” of politicians criticising DWP official instead of ministers 

New measures will reduce lag on claimants' receipt of benefits payments from six weeks to five

Chancellor Philip Hammond set to respond to Sir Michael Barber’s proposals in Wednesday’s Autumn Budget

Watchdog’s snapshot shows BEIS has biggest numeric burden, followed by Defra

Senior officials defend rationale for new GPS tags but admit major failings of project now delayed by more than five years 

Tax department chief reveals HMRC has requested but not received more details on the Paradise Papers document leak on offshore investment

Amyas Morse tells MPs that ministerial directions are too rare and departments must re-prioritise ahead of Brexit

Post will also involve creation of analytics tools and platforms for minimising fraud

David Davis says departments are preparing 300 Brexit-related programmes to be implemented with or without a deal

Bernadette Kelly asked by MPs to look into “possibility of fraud” over £1.7m made in unauthorised redundancy payments

David Williams tells MPs that Department of Health cannot calculate impact of delays to repairs and maintenance spending

Stephen Lovegrove told MPs that nuclear power plant deal with EDF would have collapsed had his department tried to renegotiate terms

Louise Casey, Tory backbenchers and PCS union raise fears over implementation plans

Tony Douglas will stand down from role at Defence Equipment and Support to return to aviation sector

Tim Razzall tells Civil Service World he blames government for lack of vision on Brexit

Move part of scoping exercise for post-Brexit trading arrangements, MPs told