‘This is a human crisis’ – MPs shine light on Civil Service Pension Scheme failures
05 Feb Finance

‘This is a human crisis’ – MPs shine light on Civil Service Pension Scheme failures

MPs share impact of missed pension payments and demand further action
by Tevye Markson
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
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Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
Ex-HMRC boss Harra drafted in to run NS&I
26 Mar Finance
Ex-HMRC boss Harra drafted in to run NS&I
Public interest test 'will end outsourcing by default' of government contracts
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Public interest test 'will end outsourcing by default' of government contracts
Braverman refuses to let MPs see 'commercially sensitive' details of Rwanda deal Exclusive
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Braverman refuses to let MPs see 'commercially sensitive' details of Rwanda deal
Home secretary turns down PAC's request to read details of UK-Rwanda asylum agreement in a private room
GPA secures permanent site for Darlington Economic Campus
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GPA secures permanent site for Darlington Economic Campus
Work to build Treasury’s second HQ will start next year and complete in 2026, Cabinet Office says
All the changes Rishi Sunak is making to net-zero pledges
21 Sep 2023 Finance
All the changes Rishi Sunak is making to net-zero pledges
From pushing back the new petrol car ban to increasing funds for heat pumps, here is Sunak's new approach to net zero
Anger as Sunak pushes back net-zero milestones
21 Sep 2023 Finance
Anger as Sunak pushes back net-zero milestones
But committee chair welcomes PM’s pledge of “greater scrutiny” for departmental policy work
NI perm secs told to begin consultation on cash-raising measures
21 Sep 2023 Finance
NI perm secs told to begin consultation on cash-raising measures
Move follows secretary of state’s imposition of £14.2bn budget amid Stormont power vacuum
Cabinet Office chastised over decision to pay Boris Johnson's Partygate legal bill
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Cabinet Office chastised over decision to pay Boris Johnson's Partygate legal bill
The department's reasoning was "not wholly persuasive", NAO says as it criticises decision-making proces
NI civil servants to strike again over failure to address pay dispute
14 Sep 2023 Finance
NI civil servants to strike again over failure to address pay dispute
Civil servants are "victims of the secretary of state’s sanctions budget", NIPSA union says
Staffing and IT woes hampering MoD’s inventory issues, watchdog warns
14 Sep 2023 Finance
Staffing and IT woes hampering MoD’s inventory issues, watchdog warns
NAO says 20% of the department’s centrally held stockpile is either unserviceable or past its use-by date
DHSC lacked economic advice to support Covid response, ex-minister says
06 Sep 2023 Finance
DHSC lacked economic advice to support Covid response, ex-minister says
Bethell also criticised No.10’s "odd" approach to managing the pandemic, and argued that government should be like Transformers
DBT told to detail cost of recovering Covid-loan fraud losses
06 Sep 2023 Finance
DBT told to detail cost of recovering Covid-loan fraud losses
MPs say just 1.9% of £1.1bn wrongly lent to small business has been recovered
'We expect them to run a multibillion-pound department with no training’: Ministers' budget-management woes
05 Sep 2023 Finance
'We expect them to run a multibillion-pound department with no training’: Ministers' budget-management woes
A former cabinet minister calls for financial training for incoming ministers
Sunak cut school rebuilding despite ‘critical risk to life’ warnings, ex-perm sec says
04 Sep 2023 Finance
Sunak cut school rebuilding despite ‘critical risk to life’ warnings, ex-perm sec says
Treasury halved programme to remedy crumbling concrete, Slater says as dozens close over safety concerns