Government Tax Profession

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

Alan J Scott accused the government of being heavy handed in its dealings with the overseas territory, according to an FOI published by the Foreign Office

Former Cabinet Office perm sec – and one-time Football Association chief exec – set to return as Civil Service Commissioner, subject to approval from MPs

Elizabeth Denham says she will consider making it easier for the Information Commissioner's Office to step in when departments are slow to respond to public requests for info

The Howard League for Penal Reform finds that there were 14,689 frontline officers in prisons in June 2016, down from 15,110 a year earlier

Chequers away-day comes amid reports of tension between some of the key government players on Britain's exit from the European Union

Defence of officials comes after pro-Brexit MP Steve Baker calls for a new law to make it easier to sack Europhile civil servants

Newly-released Foreign Office papers show how UK's former top man in Europe believed deal between Dublin and London was "an insult and a degradation for Ulster"

Newly-released Foreign Office papers show that the-then South African prime minister P.W.Botha went through former British intelligence officer to "convey a message about his disquiet at the UK attitude" apartheid

Newly-released Foreign Office papers show the US ambassador "did not get a very good read-out" from his own side after a meeting between the American president and the UK prime minister

Successful candidate will have responsibility for leading teams of 500 data scientists, architects, statisticians and engineers

Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie wants a return to publishing Treasury analysis that shows how policies will impact household incomes

Newly-released Foreign Office papers show "laid back" US President was seen as "not on an intellectual par" with the UK prime minister

Newly-released historical papers from the Foreign Office show Britain’s decidedly undiplomatic take on the state of Ireland