Project Delivery

PCS says department is only willing to temporarily ‘share the pain’ of welfare reform workload rather than provide permanent additional resources for over-stretched staff

Department ramps up number of locations offering support with applications to about 150 – although Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are comparatively poorly served

Formal reform plan published as Serco chief says outsourcer has recovered from “dark night of the soul”

Troubled eight-year project reaches fruition as technology is to be deployed nationwide in the coming months

An allowance for working overnight is among the package offered to entice staff to join coordinating group for EU exit

Union sets out five demands to cut workload of staff at Universal Credit service centres in Wolverhampton and Walsall

Brexit will remain a key focus as the NAO rebalances its resources to cope with its mounting workload

Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has acknowledged that rollout of benefit reform could have contributed to large increase but says government has made changes to improve reform

Committee raises alarm over loss of European Investment Bank funding stream

The Cabinet Office alone awarded contracts worth a total of £56m, the figures show

The government claims it is ‘working constructively with Apple’

Department says the 10,000-claimant pilot will be sufficient to test the managed migration process

As the deadline for ditching the 22-year-old platform draws near, some major government departments are still using GSi email addresses – but all contend that they are on track for the March cut-off

IfG session also hears from Lord Robin Butler that internal competition has made managers “impotent” in planning their workforce.

Fiona Spencer joins agency from the Home Office, where she was chief portfolio officer.

IfG finds staff move on more rapidly in the UK than in other civil services and puts cost of churn at £74m a year

MoD permanent secretary admits the contract has not been "anywhere near as successful as we’d like".

Major government contractor G4S fails to win any bids in the latest contracts round.

Committee chair Rachel Reeves urged the regulator Ofgem to take harsher action against suppliers that don't fulfil their obligations under the programme.

New infrastructure profession leader earn around £190,000, job advert says.

Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has reportedly axed a vote on the reform to ensure it is "working in the interests of every claimant".

John Manzoni and Sir Mark Sedwill share "inconvenient" warnings about "disorderly" no-deal Brexit.

Matthew Vickerstaff named as interim successor to government project chief ahead of a full recruitment drive in 2019

Whitehall projects chief to chair body constructing cross-London line as it is revealed project faces further delays to opening and requires £1.4bn in extra funds