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Commercial Standards are getting an overhaul, the Cabinet Office confirms, but wider "Blueprints" are still not finished

Watchdog says "less transactional" process is required and criticises Single Departmental Plans for failing to meet transparency goals

DfE says introduction of the new Schools Funding Formula will now start in 2018-19 to allow for further consultation

National Audit Office says HMRC must not make taxpayers "underwrite the risk of failure through service breakdowns" – as tax expert tells CSW the timetable for Making Tax Digital may need to be reset

Department for Work and Pensions' director general tells MPs that policy changes are behind new timescales

John Manzoni tells MPs that departments and their agencies should be seen as a "total delivery system", with departments best placed to decide the level of oversight needed​

Charity calls for good practice standards, as survey highlights concerns about unfair treatment by local authorities and Department for Work and Pensions

Common Agricultural Policy fines continue to hamper Defra accounts, while National Audit Office also points to the Ministry of Defence's non-compliance with international accounting standards

One-month boost to exit packages for all outgoing Spads who were reappointed in 2015 comes as Cabinet Office seeks to reduce civil service redundancy pay – and triggers request for ministerial direction from the department's most senior official, John Manzoni

Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin, who was leading the civil service's Brexit work, is out of the government

National Audit Office issues another qualification of department’s accounts and says fraud and error levels remain “unacceptably high”

Royal Statistical Society praises Transport department for "honest" and "innovative" presentation of official statistics

Watchdog suggests Home Office and NHS England tighten joint-working arrangements in future outsourcing deals

Former Public Accounts Committee chair tells PoliticsHome that she is "truly shocked" at Sir Nick Macpherson's new role with C Hoare & Co

The Grimstone overhaul of the Commissioner for Public Appointments "risks a loss of public confidence and trust" in the way key quango jobs are filled, warn MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) 85,000 staff will be encouraged to save with member-owned financial institutions

While all the focus in recent days may have been on the consequences of Britain's historic decision to quit the European Union, that doesn't mean life in Whitehall ground to a halt. Here are three key, non-Brexit stories you may have missed since the referendum result

Changes come as DH seeks to cut running costs by 30% by 2020

Competition and Markets Authority warns that cartels can lead to overcharges of 10% to 20%

Justice committee warns the Ministry of Justice against seeking to "represent the quality of its evidence base to be higher than it is" after senior legal figures criticise research into court fees

Single Source Regulations Office chair Clive Tucker says there are “compelling reasons” to enhance his watchdog's authority over non-competitive military contracts

New survey by the Information Commissioner’s Office flags ongoing public concern about government use of data

Former Department for Education HEO Edward Chapman sentenced to three years and four months in jail after admitting £1m fraud and obtaining money by deception – as department says it is seeking to "recover the misappropriated funds in full"

Exclusive: Outgoing head of charity leaders’ network ACEVO criticises Cabinet Office over plans to support private business using civil society funds – but the department says it wants to "explore the potential of an untapped area of the economy"