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Perm sec Jonathan Slater has instructed his head statistician to work with DfE's comms and policy teams to ensure its stats “meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and value”
Fraud is estimated to cost the UK government £73.6m per year
"When we first launched, we had no senior champions and no official support from the department... we compiled data, built an evidence base, and did everything we needed to do to prove our worth and why we were needed"
Haldane's appointment "will give the council authority and independence", business secretary Greg Clark said
The Institute for Apprenticeships was 'playing catch-up for the mistakes the department made before it was created', MPs said
Teachers’ groups say the DfE's claim the UK is among the world's top spenders on education disguises funding cuts
“We have always said the timeline for implementing the Customs Declaration Service is tight," a spokesperson said
“We do not share your optimism" that HMRC will be ready for a no-deal Brexit, PAC chair Meg Hillier told perm sec Jon Thompson
May cautioned there would be 'no return to the uncontrolled borrowing of the past'
Whittington will start as director general, energy and security at BEIS on Friday
Raab rejected "lurid predictions" about the negative consequences of leaving the EU without a deal
“We may need to do more to ensure that the levy supports the development of the skilled workforce our economy needs,” chancellor Philip Hammond said
The Department for Education comfortably exceeded the target, but the Ministry of Justice among those below target
Report also found increasing concern that public bodies are not well aligned with the work of their sponsoring department
"When I was at college, I never knew the civil service was for everyone to join, it thought it was a unique ‘club’. We need to make sure all new talent realises it is a career option for anyone."
"There are plenty of positive professional role models in the technology industry, but getting access to them is not easy"
The review was "completely silent" on how the civil service deals with complaints against minister, Amy Leversidge said.
Hodge's constitutent Sarah O'Connor, who died this week, was "treated appallingly by the Home Office", she wrote
Mayank Prakash, who was named CIO of the year in 2016, set to return to the private sector
Mental ill health accounted for more than a third of absences
The department has improved its procurement processes in recent years, but contract management a concern, ICAI said.
Account intended to make top leadership more visible and make civil servants feel #proud
Less than half of the civil servants who replied to the survey felt appropriate action was taken when bullying had taken place
Hillier also said project delivery skills should be valued more highly within civil service job structures
Survey "should ring alarm bells in Westminster, Whitehall and the offices of all public service employers", Unison's general secretary said.
Dawn Butler pledged to end situation that has seen seven ministers for equality tagged onto four different departments
Corby succeeds Nick Hardwick, who was sacked in April.
The transport secretary said the rail industry had "struggled to deliver" as he launched a major review ahead of the ORR's final report.
“We already understand what happened at HMP Birmingham,” the justice secretary has said.
"Only ministers can set priorities for action," David Sterling said
The committee is the latest group to throw its weight behind calls to make securing a withdrawal agreement an “urgent priority”.
Lodge has also led the tax authority's benefits and credits and transformation divisions
Scrutiny of public appointments is especially important in light of the 2017 Grimstone reforms, the Public Administration and Constitutinal Affairs Committee said
Even with a transition period, it is "completely unfeasible" for the government to achieve the kind of Brexit it wants, the IfG said
Norman Lamb has asked the information commissioner to respond to his committee's call for people to be given a legal way to challenge the outcome of decisions made using algorithms
The Public Accounts Committee described the department's understanding of armed forces spending as “inadequate”