Commercial

Probe comes after trade secretary apologises "unreservedly for the error" in granting two licences

IfG highlights outsourcing failures, but concludes blanket reversal would lose benefits of approach

Agency selects Deloitte, PA Consulting, and Cognizant for apparent ‘bench’ arrangements to provide on-demand personnel

Civil service chief says that assurance panel reflects the speed of the campaign launch

Cabinet Office details full brief of Simon Hart and other Cabinet Office ministers

Launch of initiative follows troubled engagement with Capita

Virgin Trains, which has run the line since privatisation, loses out to new operator including Italian state-owned firm

Bids sought after G4S contract was extended despite revelations of abuse at Brook House

Incoming chair pledges to "partner more effectively with private sector suppliers" at defence buying body

£300m spending cap accounts for possible frequency of “disruption events”, including border delays

Some surprising figures have invited management consultants into Whitehall over the past six decades, although their private-sector expertise has not always been directed where it was needed most

Government rethinks approach after DfT's attempt to secure freight capacity for first Brexit deadline 'cost £85m'

Liz Truss says IR35 regulations for the whole public sector render specific oversight for departments unnecessary

Tussell analysis finds 90% of contracts worth £5m or more went to contractors that didn't pay their suppliers on time

Further cost increases to much-delayed and over-budget programme "inevitable", committee says

Benefits agreed in £33m Eurotunnel settlement “little more than window dressing”, MPs say

Agreement reached as Deloitte fined £4.2m over its auditing of the outsourcing giant during the scandal

Any day rates over £750 require ministerial sign off from this month under 'enhanced approvals' process, Cabinet Office chief tells PACAC

Department floats two-year contact to support delivery of tech and infrastructure

Lidington pledges government will only pay for capacity it uses after £50m payout to scrap no-deal ferry contracts

Home Office to pay extra £82m to Motorola as contract for service roll-out extended

£940,000 bill does not include VAT or cost of departmental officials' time

Union criticises government’s £46.9m spent with supplier in 2018

It took departments 119 days on average to publish details of contracts