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Business minister Anna Soubry says plan to reform relationship between tenants and big pubcos will not come into force next month as planned

Home Office chief points out that enforcement rate for confiscation orders is increasing, even as overall debt pile grows, while Derbyshire police chief Mick Creedon points the finger at legacy of “inflated” targets

Spending watchdog to take its first detailed look at the central government procurement agency

Tory MP Richard Bacon gets a cheeky question in about the internet sensation... 

Online payments firm Stripe – which handles payments for Kickstarter – among those chosen in revamped approach to government merchant services

Andrew Johnston, who spent 30 years at the Government Actuary’s Department, reflects on the parallels between his career in Whitehall and his current role as chair of CS Healthcare in our Q&A with people who’ve crossed organisational and sectoral boundaries to join a new working world

Government's top IT official taking on newly-created role of national technology adviser

Mental health, musculoskeletal disorders and encouraging healthy lifestyles top priorities for newly-created cross-Whitehall role

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Criminal Justice Joint Inspection report highlights "significant progress" needed on digital overhaul of the justice system – with continued manual entry and lack of join-up

Macpherson says IDS's resignation over Personal Independence Payments was an "interesting, postmodern" decision

GDS executive director says central government digital team must ensure Whitehall "embraces the change, rather than trying to avoid it"

Troup faces media scrutiny over role at Simmons & Simmons – as HMRC points out his role "has never involved responsibility for operational activities or direct dealings with companies on their tax affairs"

John Manthorpe accuses government of wanting to "sell the Land Registry for a quick price to reduce the deficit"

Second perm sec to announce he is leaving the civil service after vying for top Treasury job

Cyber Security Operations Centre to focus on protecting the Ministry of Defence's own networks from attack

Communities and Local Government Committee says local authorities "must be able to have confidence in the effective operation" of the framework drawn up by central government to guide development decisions

Civil servants reminded that they should "not be asked to provide new arguments for use in election campaign debates" ahead of slew of votes

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Budget pledges a further £71m investment in HMRC's frontline operations "to improve the service it provides taxpayers".

Former Times health editor on the move to BIS

"We take all allegations of impropriety extremely seriously," says justice minister Andrew Selous

Outgoing director says it has been an "enormous privilege" to lead the think tank

Former chief executive of hygiene services firm PHS Group brought in to lead civil service commercial profession

RPA boss says failings over scheme to pay EU farmers "will live with me for many years" – but says "almost all" outstanding 2015 payments will be made by the end of this month

GOV.UK product lead Neil Williams sets out refreshed "vision" for the single government web domain

Government will set out legislative agenda two weeks after local elections, Chris Grayling announces

Tax authority challenged the legality of two offshore schemes designed by the banks to avoid paying tax on bankers' bonuses

Tom Walker – who heads cross-government cities and local growth team – hails "ever closer integration" and close support of the Treasury as ministers press ahead with devolution drive

All Atos contracts worth more than £10m now under review after public accounts committee said the outsourcing firm had "acted solely with its own short term best interests in mind" on GP data service

Treasury committee chair Andrew Tryie warns of "lack of detailed explanation" of how HMRC's Making Tax Digital plans will play out

New Scottish agency will take on running of some payments from the DWP and will be “directly accountable” to Scottish ministers

Senior Tory says Treasury should take the lead on official stats as Cabinet Office and UK Statistics Authority "have been asleep at the wheel"

"There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent," says chancellor, against gloomy global economic backdrop

Cabinet secretary will be questioned by the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Tuesday, after ministers in favour of leaving the EU question guidance on use of official resources