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    Government Tax Profession

    Keep up-to-date with the latest Government Tax Profession news from Civil Service World
    VOA: 125-year-old agency to be absorbed into HMRC
    29 Apr Government Tax Profession

    VOA: 125-year-old agency to be absorbed into HMRC

    Union calls decision to move ALB's functions into HMRC a “slap in the face to hard-working civil servants”
    by Tevye Markson
    SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
    12 Jun Government Tax Profession
    SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
    HMRC labelled 'lumbering dinosaur' and urged to modernise systems
    30 Apr Government Tax Profession
    HMRC labelled 'lumbering dinosaur' and urged to modernise systems
    HMRC rejects recommendations to improve customer service performance
    07 Apr Government Tax Profession
    HMRC rejects recommendations to improve customer service performance
    GDS on the hunt for Government as a Platform chief
    15 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    GDS on the hunt for Government as a Platform chief

    New digital hire will head up plan to help departments share common digital platforms and oversee budget "in excess" of £15m a year


    Cabinet Office moves Commissioning Academy to self-financing model
    15 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Cabinet Office moves Commissioning Academy to self-financing model

    Social enterprise takes over reins of public sector development programme as government ends centrally-funded support


    HMRC “has no clear strategy for dealing with tax fraud” – Public Accounts Committee
    15 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    HMRC “has no clear strategy for dealing with tax fraud” – Public Accounts Committee

    MPs demand tax agency improves “woefully inadequate” prosecutions record and says it should publish more straightforward details on the effectiveness of its work. But HMRC says it has been "relentless and strategic" in pursuing those who fail to pay their "fair share"


    Justice system's digital platforms 'still not talking to each other'
    15 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Justice system's digital platforms "still not talking to each other"

    Criminal Justice Joint Inspection report highlights "significant progress" needed on digital overhaul of the justice system – with continued manual entry and lack of join-up


    MPs back Peter Riddell's bid to become public appointments commissioner – with caveats
    14 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    MPs back Peter Riddell's bid to become public appointments commissioner – with caveats

    MPs give qualified backing to Peter Riddell as new watchdog overseeing top public sector appointment – but say they will keep an eye on danger of "politicisation" in the wake of planned shake-up of the role


    Land Registry privatisation plan based on 'flawed' staffing assumptions – PCS
    14 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Land Registry privatisation plan based on "flawed" staffing assumptions – PCS

    Civil service union PCS argues latest proposals do not take account of Land Registry's digital progress and could lead to a reduced capacity for statutory work


    Performance management may be discriminating against BME, disabled and part-time civil servants, warns Prospect
    14 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Performance management may be discriminating against BME, disabled and part-time civil servants, warns Prospect

    Union analysis of Cabinet Office data on more than 280,000 officials highlights "statistically significant" differences in how different groups are treated


    Ex-Treasury chief Sir Nick Macpherson takes swipe at Iain Duncan Smith over resignation
    14 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Ex-Treasury chief Sir Nick Macpherson takes swipe at Iain Duncan Smith over resignation

    Macpherson says IDS's resignation over Personal Independence Payments was an "interesting, postmodern" decision


    NAO: DECC's flagship Green Deal lacked targets, wasn't tested and didn't take evidence into account
    14 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    NAO: DECC's flagship Green Deal lacked targets, wasn't tested and didn't take evidence into account

    National Audit Office (NAO) report finds that each loan given out under the Department of Energy and Climate Change's Green Deal cost government £17,000, and flags poor use of evidence and testing when the scheme was designed 


    Open data not enough to ensure evidence-based policy, says new research
    13 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Open data not enough to ensure evidence-based policy, says new research

    Alliance for Useful Evidence project says incentives will be needed to ensure policy takes account of evidence


    Grimstone Review of Public Appointments: what are the key concerns?
    13 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Grimstone Review of Public Appointments: what are the key concerns?

    Plans to change the way key public sector jobs are filled have drawn criticism from the former public appointments watchdog Sir David Normington, who is concerned they hand too much power to ministers. So what are the key concerns and how has the government responded?


    Gerry Grimstone: My review of public appointments doesn’t make ministers more powerful
    13 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Gerry Grimstone: My review of public appointments doesn’t make ministers more powerful

    PACAC chair Bernard Jenkin makes the case for greater parliamentary role in choosing appointments watchdogs, as Sir Gerry Grimstone rejects claims that his review gives ministers too much power over top jobs


    Crown Commercial Service vows framework rethink after confusion over partnerships
    13 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Crown Commercial Service vows framework rethink after confusion over partnerships

    Mystery Shopper report highlights challenges of encouraging suppliers to form partnerships to bid for government contracts


    GDS chief Stephen Foreshew-Cain: 'fear of change' biggest barrier to digital transformation
    12 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    GDS chief Stephen Foreshew-Cain: "fear of change" biggest barrier to digital transformation

    GDS executive director says central government digital team must ensure Whitehall "embraces the change, rather than trying to avoid it"


    BIS savings plan will require thousands of job cuts, leaked document shows
    11 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    BIS savings plan will require thousands of job cuts, leaked document shows

    Internal Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) document shows scale of staff reductions being considered under BIS 2020 plans


    Panama Papers: HMRC chairman Edward Troup in the spotlight over former City role
    11 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Panama Papers: HMRC chairman Edward Troup in the spotlight over former City role

    Troup faces media scrutiny over role at Simmons & Simmons – as HMRC points out his role "has never involved responsibility for operational activities or direct dealings with companies on their tax affairs"


    Panama Papers: Does HMRC have the resources to tackle offshore tax evasion?
    08 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Panama Papers: Does HMRC have the resources to tackle offshore tax evasion?

    HMRC asks for access to the Panama Papers offshore leaks and vows to "relentlessly pursue" wrongdoing – but tax expert Richard Murphy says department "just hasn’t got the resources"


    Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – April 8
    08 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – April 8

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


    DfID perm sec Mark Lowcock: poverty reduction won’t lose out as rest of Whitehall takes on aid spending
    08 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    DfID perm sec Mark Lowcock: poverty reduction won’t lose out as rest of Whitehall takes on aid spending

    International Development permanent secretary Mark Lowcock tells CSW that asking other departments to take on aid commitments won't undermine DfID's mission — and says some of his staff have been poached for their expertise


    Northern Ireland Civil Service lifts recruitment and promotion freeze
    07 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Northern Ireland Civil Service lifts recruitment and promotion freeze

    Malcolm McKibbin tells staff 17-month embargo on new hires is over, after around 3,000 staff quit service via Voluntary Exit Scheme


    “Where can I buy English bacon?” — Foreign Office reveals dumbest consular service ring-ins
    07 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    “Where can I buy English bacon?” — Foreign Office reveals dumbest consular service ring-ins

    Statistics show the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s consular service took around half a million calls over the past 12 months, some of them far from genuine emergencies


    Former Land Registry chief attacks privatisation plans
    06 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Former Land Registry chief attacks privatisation plans

    John Manthorpe accuses government of wanting to "sell the Land Registry for a quick price to reduce the deficit"


    Who has the best civil service in the world? DfID chief Mark Lowcock on the UK's plan to find out
    06 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Who has the best civil service in the world? DfID chief Mark Lowcock on the UK's plan to find out

    Department for International Development permanent secretary tells CSW about efforts to provide a "rigorous analytical framework" for measuring international civil service performance


    Home Office announces change of leadership at Crime and Policing Group
    05 Apr 2016 Government Tax Profession
    Home Office announces change of leadership at Crime and Policing Group

    Director general Mary Calam to leave civil service after more than two decades, with Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism's Paul Lincoln taking on the job


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