Government Tax Profession

Prime minister suggests civil servants are reluctant to speak their own minds to her and blames Whitehall for creating the acronym “JAMs”

Analysis by The Times finds fees paid to consultancy companies by the Department for International Development have risen sharply in the past year

Lack of awareness about devolution issues in Whitehall is “unacceptable”, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee says, as Brexit brings fresh pressure for UK government to improve the way it works with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Unions claim victory as Cabinet Office briefs on major change to civil service performance management system introduced by Francis Maude, including axing of requirement for guided distribution. CSW has the full detail and reaction

HMRC job ad says London Office will be moving to Canary Wharf as a "transitional site in summer 2017"

New Government Digital Service research reveals that 73% of online content is looked at by fewer than 10 people a month

 Public Service Ombudsman would ditch the much-criticised "MP filter" and let members of the public make direct complaints about services

Cabinet Office says "around 5,700 full time civil and public servants" to make the move from central London to Canary Wharf by 2018

Ipsos Mori research shows a drop in trust of  politicians, ministers, business leaders, charity leaders, and the ordinary man in the street

PCS vote "does not change the fact" that redundancy overhaul "was accepted by the large majority of unions", says minister Michael Ellis, as SNP and Labour MPs blast government handling of the Compensation Scheme changes

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People

Former High Commissioner to Malta Rob Luke to take on policy role with the Information Commissioner's Office