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Independent review offers five recommendations to help department deliver aid more effectively

International development secretary Penny Mordaunt gives charities two-week deadline to confirm all concerns have been reported to Charity Commission

New unit set up in department to tackle safeguarding across the aid sector

New programme intended to help ensure government gets what it pays from suppliers, says CCS chief Malcolm Harrison

1,000 staff to transfer from collapsed outsourcing provider to new Whitehall-owned company to maintain work across 52 prisons

Committee to investigate after government “flatly rejected” proposals to beef up the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

Think tank has called on the government to undertake “thorough review of the public sector’s relationship with contractors” amid sector’s woes.

Cabinet Office has reportedly been monitoring the firm since last September amid fears for future

Public administration select committee announces new inquiry into risks of outsourcing following collapse of contractor Carillion

David Lidington said it would not have been responsible for the government to bail out the firm that works on rail projects as well as managing prisons and providing school meals

PCS union accuses department of casualising the workforce as proposal follows years of staffing cuts