Project Delivery

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

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