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Move comes after reports that procurement in ministry was a key plank of Dominic Cummings’s reform plan for the civil service

Nearly £100m of spending written off, watchdog finds

Cabinet Office seeks supplier to fulfil two-year contract

Department chief will oversee a "growing portfolio of financial investments in housing and infrastructure delivery", according to job advert

NAO says department ‘faces delivery and coordination challenges’ when it relies on others deliver public services

Site in Sunningdale will be turned into homes and retirement apartments

Report blasts "incomplete and inaccurate" understanding of conditions and flags £916m backlog of major repairs

Proportion of money spent with small firms continues to rebound

Chinese vendor will remain excluded from so-called core areas of the network

Plans for reform also include consistent use of cross-disciplinary teams in departments as contracts are signed

More than two-thirds surveyed predict a surge in business from government, councils and health service

Confirmation of departure comes ahead of likely post-Brexit Whitehall shakeup

 

Watchdog says keenness to proceed with Liverpool project led to deal being struck before construction failings were known

Officials failed to learn lessons as cost of projects rockets by 115%, NAO says

Evaluation underway after warnings that contract with operator Arriva may collapse within months

Manager set up monthly payments to his own business for made-up IT services contract

Union says proposals show "a lack of understanding of the modern realities of the civil service"

More power should be held by the prime minister’s office, says think tank in a paper influenced by Dominic Cummings

Key question is whether services would be better managed in the public sector, IFS says

Social impact charity NPC says Whitehall procurement reforms needed to improve effectiveness of public spending

CCS issues contract notice for three-lot deal offering direct award and further competition options

Former Cabinet Office minister reflects on forces that oppose change in an exclusive interview with The Civil Service World Podcast

The head of the National Audit Office has set out his priorities for the role in an exclusive interview with The Civil Service World Podcast

Transport for London and department need up to £650m more to complete late-running project