Figures revealed in parliamentary answer show the cost of recruiting trade experts to the department since its creation in June 2016

Pharmaceutical company executive Steve Oldfield set to take up posting in October

Agency’s annual report says it will miss its target for identifying and preventing losses in the tax credits system for a second year running

Government signs 20-year lease on city centre office development to house 2,900 staff

National Audit Office report says late-running programme was “overly ambitious” with an “unachievable” timescale

Study finds Whitehall is the world’s most effective civil service for generating policy, but falls down ranking in areas like financial management and digital services

Rupert McNeil said professions will play a key role in ensuring the civil service can offer pay packages that attract and retain talented people

Firms representing 40% of central government procurement spending agree to quicken payments to tackle £26bn backlog

Taking a punt on a start-up is better than explaining costly failures to the Public Accounts Committee, according to Daniel Korski

National Audit Office says department did not look carefully enough at other ways to fund new nuclear plant

Crawford Falconer to advise on post-Brexit deals and lead development of trade profession across the civil service

PCS expresses concern that contracts forming part of the tax department’s controversial regional hub scheme were signed in the pre-election period