Commercial

Tech industry group says some initiatives designed to open up markets are poorly understood, but Crown Commercial Service chief Sally Collier insists Whitehall is "changing the way it does business" with smaller firms

Former Cabinet Office perm sec joins top Department for Education official Chris Wormald at hearing on the charity's collapse – and reveals he considered earlier ministerial direction over grant to the organisation

Report by Business in the Community says Social Value Act has had some impact in improving lot of low-paid staff – but backs tougher approach with agencies

Shaun Kingsbury tells the Environmental Audit Committee that time is right to hand coalition-era bank to the private sector – but E3G warns against “rushed privatisation”

DVSA in the market for new in-house digital staff after similar move by the DVLA to bring IT back home

Labour asks the NAO to look into Just Solutions International

Official who raised value for money concerns over further funding for the charity to face questions from the Public Accounts Committee

Consultancy to advise HMRC on end of the decade-long IT deal

New diagnostic tool from the Institute for Government aims to help officials assess viability of public service markets

Four ex-Government Digital Service staff join their old boss at the Co-op

Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier questions MoJ's "management of taxpayers’ money" – but MoJ points to savings made from the closure

Foreign secretary tells the House of Commons that some cleaners contracted to FCO were made redundant because of estate downsizing – and not because they sent him a letter about their pay