Government Tax Profession

New Cabinet Office minister argues that the civil service has "already risen to the challenge" of Brexit as Labour says now is not the time to be "laying off civil servants and slashing budgets"

Ben Gummer says requirement for managers to allocate set proportion of staff as poor performers – condemned as "divisive" by unions – is being considered as part of ongoing review of the civil service performance management system

Treasury minister says government is "very seriously" considering bringing back detailed publication of impact of policies on the low-paid, as Treasury committee member tells CSW that George Osborne's decision to axe analysis was a blow for "public transparency and parliamentary scrutiny"

Government's pick for the job of First Civil Service Commissioner calls for a more realistic approach to honest failure as he faces MPs for a scrutiny hearing

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

Department urged to ensure that "drive to deliver greater numbers" is not "delivered at the expense of delivering maximum value"

Martin Donnelly (pictured) will lead the new Department for International Trade for a transitional period, while former DECC perm sec Alex Chisholm takes on the expanded business department

New group chief technology officer will be responsible for driving shared IT services – with DCLG looking for candidates who will challenge "the status quo"

Independent advisers to the government say law on misconduct in public office is "unclear" and "ambiguous"

Former deputy PM says decision to try and avoid an "infantile Whitehall turf war" left him buried under a "tsunami of paperwork"

Andrew Rhodes, director general of operations at the Department for Work and Pensions says civil service risks missing out on different views and perspectives "because we are not socially diverse enough"

Council chiefs urge greater say in DWP's replacement for the Work Programme