Government Tax Profession

Special report: With the Spending Review out of the way and all eyes on Whitehall's new Single Departmental Plans, Matt Foster assesses what the next four years of austerity are likely to mean for the size and shape of government – and how the much-heralded “transformation” of the state will play out in practice

Immigration interpreters may refuse work over Home Office plans to change terms

Senior Department for Transport official – who has served as deputy director for high speed rail strategy – will head up George Osborne's Commission

Deal confirms Spending Review's projected average cut of 6.7% for councils as they move towards full localised funding

Lord Strathclyde recommends new law to ensure that the red benches can only ask the Commons to “think again” 

Public sector union leader re-elected for another five years as general secretary

Latest workforce data from the Office for National Statistics shows civil service shrank by 1.4% in Q3

National Audit Office finds trust deficits becoming “normal practice” 

NAO research finds there are now 218 companies in government, but over half are not listed in official sources

Former head of the civil service tells Labour's own FoI review that intentional leaks to the press show "double standard" in Whitehall over the transparency law

KPMG and Hay Group win first two lots as Cabinet Office makes changes to the way departments buy training courses

Permanent secretary announces she is to step down from her role after 25 years in the civil service