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Public Accounts Committee points to rising fraud and error projections amid ‘daunting workload’

Review by Sir Alex Allan criticised Hugh Ind for “less than satisfactory performance” before immigration DG was moved out of Home Office

Jonanthan Jones flags progress with key indicators developed in conjunction with departments

Foreign secretary confirms move to recruit from outside government as part of “the biggest expansion of Britain’s diplomatic network for a generation”

Rob Thompson takes position as department’s technology leader after four years at DWP

New centre should build a network of people ready to take on top jobs in order to help leaders to drive innovation and improvement across services 

Alan Evans joins HMRC at a "critical time for the department", says permanent secretary Jon Thompson

Foreign secretary also reveals plan to hire 1,000 new diplomats to boost Foreign Office capability and boost to the number of language courses

Sir David Wright appointed as chair designate, with Electoral Commission head Claire Bassett named as chief executive designate

New head of civil service says that making a success of Brexit is a ‘common national endeavour’

More questions than answers for local government and devolution in a Budget that prioritised paving over short-term cracks rather than addressing long-term challenges, says Charlotte Morgan, a policy researcher at New Local Government Network

Hammond will also expands off-payroll working rules to the private sector

Move to improve management of existing private finance deals comes as Philip Hammond rules out signing any more PFI deals

Some companies were paid nearly £500,000 for 'central EU exit consultancy'

Keiron Salt, CIO Health at BT, makes the case for a more rapid digital transformation of the NHS

Chancellor says that the funding mechanism does not provide value for money but confirms half of government infrastructure plan will be privately funded

Chancellor also announces additional funding for Universal Credit after growing pressure 

Trading on uncertified schedules after Brexit presents “a number of potential problems”,

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

Javid pledges review to ensure system is ‘fair and humane’ following revelation that visa applications were wrongly denied

Furious unions say High Court papers reveal officials misled them on 2018-19 rise

Job advert seeks "authoritative" figure to take over after a rocky year for the prisons service

Department for Work and Pensions accused of being 'in denial' over negative impacts of new welfare system