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National Audit Office updates MPs on HMRC's progress to replace Aspire

National Audit Office investigation exposes trail of failings over £18.8m-a-year contract which saw consultancy make "incorrect and misleading representations" on overheads

Think tank praises updated blueprint for public-sector procurement but warns new clause must be used

Independent recruitment regulator says campaign group’s league table was factually wrong and misdirected

Whitehall's HR directors asked to collect data on public interest concerns for the first time – with the majority of officials choosing to come forward anonymously

Audited accounts of more than 5,500 public sector organisations are published after a delay – but the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants warns this "rich source" of data could get buried

Public Accounts Committee says system is “bedevilled by long standing poor performance” and urges the Ministry of Justice to do more to understand likely impact of cutting resources

Committee chairman Bernard Jenkin tells CSW it "should not be necessary to badger ministers and officials into doing the right thing", after Leave campaigners pushed to ensure pro-EU websites were not promoted in the final run-up to the referendum

Online verification service passes service assessment, as Janet Hughes vows to listen and learn as scheme is introduced across departments

Report by MPs on the justice committee warns that prison safety "has deteriorated further and continues to do so"

Just-published guide from the public spending watchdog says government needs sustained effort to bring commercial and contracting work up to scratch

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee chair Bernard Jenkin says legislation may be needed to make non-executive directors brought into government feel less disposable