Government Tax Profession

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

All Atos contracts worth more than £10m now under review after public accounts committee said the outsourcing firm had "acted solely with its own short term best interests in mind" on GP data service

Public Accounts Committee points the finger at frequent leadership changes in its report on the Home Office's long-running border data troubles

Former PAC chair Margaret Hodge questions whether ministerial accountability system is fit for purpose and warns MPs are more interested in new policies than scrutinising spending. But her warnings over civil service capability are challenged by a senior Ministry of Defence offficial

“Where we’re developing premium data, we’re trying to release some elements of open data at the same time," says OS’s public sector director John Kimmance

General secretary of the biggest civil service union says Labour leader has "fired the imagination"

Treasury committee chair Andrew Tryie warns of "lack of detailed explanation" of how HMRC's Making Tax Digital plans will play out

Iconic Whitehall building sold as part of MoD plans to make estate savings. Department says it will be "sympathetically restored, redeveloped and re-imagined as a high quality hotel and residential apartments"

“I love disruptive procurement,” says CCS’s commercial delivery director

New Scottish agency will take on running of some payments from the DWP and will be “directly accountable” to Scottish ministers

“We're at the start of the government platform,” GDS executive director tells the Public Sector ICT Summit