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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

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