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The outsourcing firm says HMRC's decision – which comes amid pressure from MPs over wrongly halted tax credits – is an attack on its "professional credibility"

Labour Party-commissioned proposals demand more money for tax collection and new tier of governance for HM Revenue & Customs

PCS union says plan to move organisation employing more than 4,000 civil servants into the private sector appears to have been "quietly dropped" after it fails to appear in the new Neighbourhood Planning Bill

Treasury resistance hampered early planning, while over-stretched senior officials failed to spot warning signs that the project to overhaul benefits was failing, according to an in-depth report published by the Institute for Government

Elizabeth Denham says she will consider making it easier for the Information Commissioner's Office to step in when departments are slow to respond to public requests for info

Interim director Jess McEvoy sets out next steps for flagship user verification service – as analysts downplay HMRC's move to develop its own ID system

Report on electoral fraud recommends giving Whitehall oversight for the performance management of councils' electoral services

2,500 staff set to relocate to town-centre office block from summer 2017

Caroline Normand set to join Which?, while other moves see the government name Lowell Goddard’s abuse inquiry replacement and Charlie Bean lined up for the Budget Responsibility Committee

New report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact says DfID staff working in fragile and conflict-afflicted states are sometimes confused about how to manage risk

Official evaluation seen by Newsnight suggests much-heralded programme has had a limited impact on employment, criminality and truancy

Public sector organisations can now buy blockchain technologies through the government’s Digital Marketplace

Think tank says fear of central government scrutiny stops councils from sharing full “lessons learned” on service integration work

The Land Registry "must remain an essential arm of the state", says Conservative committee chair Bernard Jenkin, amid doubts over whether the government's privatisation plans will go ahead

IFS deputy director Carl Emmerson among new appointments to Social Security Advisory Committee

Earlier this month, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority published its annual report shedding light on the government’s largest and most complex projects. Alongside details on budget and timelines, each project is given a red, amber or green rating to indicate how likely it is to deliver expected benefits. Suzannah Brecknell takes a look at some of the key findings

New service charter sets out what the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman expects from departments and NHS trusts

Think tank calls for stronger sector-wide systems to support and learn from failing organisations

Spending watchdog says bosses failure to declare National Insurance Fund payments kept departmental revenue spending in the black

Reports claim Whitehall has ethical concerns about former prime minister's "brazen" request for peerages and other honours for former aides

Major speech by the head of the public spending watchdog warns ministers to stop asking the civil service to run on "perpetual overload"

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