Civil Service Reform

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

Experienced rehabilitation charities say they have been left disadvantaged by the bidding process for the Ministry of Justice's probation overhaul

Resolution Foundation report says welfare shake-up has "genuine potential" but could be less effective because of cost-cutting

Open Data Barometer finds that the UK government is still top for releasing open data – but France, Canada and Mexico are snapping at its heels

PCS study of almost 25,000 civil servants, including managers, finds widespread concern about the way performance management is working in practice

New body to be set up amid concerns over the use of big data, with Cabinet Office also drawing up new framework for government data science

Cabinet Office review prompts fresh distinctions between executive agencies (EAs), non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and non-ministerial departments (NMDs)

National Audit Office says probation services "have been sustained throughout a period of major changes" – but warns of "unsurprising frictions" between private and public sector staff

BIS perm sec seeks to justify closure of Sheffield site, and says departmental cuts will mean reducing headcount by 30%-40% "over time"

Cabinet Office minister says distributed ledgers could offer a "better way" of monitoring the distribution of government cash

Former chief of defence materiel, who left the civil service at the end of 2015, to carry out progress review for the MoD on equipment buying