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Neds’ firms face legal probes
Companies run by two lead departmental non-executive directors (Neds) have been publicly accused of serious wrongdoing. An...
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Call for CFO as IfG highlights ‘weak’ financial leadership
The government needs a chief financial officer (CFO) “who is clearly and visibly responsible for ensuring that spending...
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McCrae: Abolish the Budget, it’s archaic
The annual drama of the Budget is a dysfunctional relic and should be scrapped, says Julian McCrae. Ministers and civil servants...
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Osborne’s Budget targets pay progression and plans to control AME more tightly
The civil service pay cap will continue for an extra year, limiting pay increases to an average of one per cent per year...
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Rutnam: ‘Keep on taking risks’
The collapse of the West Coast Mainline franchising process won’t deter the Department for Transport (DfT) from taking...
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Interview: Paul Marriner
Most attempts to share services in Whitehall have been pretty disastrous. Joshua Chambers meets Paul Marriner, the man charged...
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Dilnot: ‘Mind your language’
Politicians must remember the difference between ‘debt’ and ‘deficit’ and shouldn’t conflate the two concepts,...
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NAO qualifies CO accounts
The National Audit Office (NAO) has qualified the 2011-12 Civil Superannuation Accounts, which are kept by the Cabinet Office...
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PAC defended by Macpherson
Sir Nicholas Macpherson, the Treasury permanent secretary, last week praised the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the...
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Getting back on track
The failure of the Department for Transport to properly let the West Coast Mainline franchise sent shockwaves through the...
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