Government Tax Profession

Hancock bats away Labour questions on GDS turnover – and praises services that take "less time than boiling an egg"

DCMS perm sec Sue Owen says failure to meet new diversity objectives will be made "very public"

Work and pensions committee report calls for simplified payment structure and better categorisation of participants

More say over Assembly procedures, energy and transport promised in Draft Wales Bill

Foreign secretary tells the House of Commons that some cleaners contracted to FCO were made redundant because of estate downsizing – and not because they sent him a letter about their pay

Chancellor chairs first meeting of the public expenditure committee (PEX) — with DWP and DfID spending said to be under scrutiny

General secretaries of the PCS and FDA unions renew their call for a rethink on civil service pay after cabinet secretary tells CSW officials are "realistic" about the need to cut the deficit

Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock releases figures showing GDS exits since May represent 2% of its workforce – while Labour warns of "haemorrhaging" of digital talent

Civil servants not facing "doom and gloom" cabinet secretary tells CSW, as he hails "fantastic results” in spite of austerity

EVEL plans should be "piloted on statutory instruments"; pension freedoms could be putting savers at risk – the latest from the House of Commons select committees

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

Camila Batmanghelidjh tells MPs there has been an "enormous amount of leaking from government offices" over charity's financial management

MoJ will not seek single supplier for debt collection – and department confirms it will keep enforcement in-house

The government's lead non-executive says public services are now at a "critical juncture"

Business secretary tells MPs that axing Department for Business, Innovation and Skills would be a "step backwards". But he asks: "Do we need 80 locations?"

Investigatory Powers Tribunal says Wilson Doctrine has 'no legal effect'

Lord Bridges says digital agenda will be top of the list for the civil service's new HR chief – while Labour's Chi Onwurah tries to dig up figures on the scale of recent GDS exits

Richard Caborn spent a decade as a minister in the last Labour government. Here he shares his insights on working with officials – and explains why, on one occasion, the civil service went to the dogs...

Rupert McNeil appointed to new role taking charge of Whitehall's 3,000-strong HR profession

Justice secretary Michael Gove tells MPs that Just Solutions International – the commercial arm of the National Offender Management Service – will abandon deal to advise Saudi Arabia on running of prisons

David Mundell says "top up" payment will herald "new era of devolution"

Latest Office for National Statistics figures document the changing shape of civil service working patterns, pay, and diversity

AXELOS is a joint venture officially launched in 2014 by Cabinet Office and Capita, to develop, manage and operate qualifications in best practice. Chief executive Peter Hepworth tells us about its work

The official view: former transport minister Stephen Hammond rates the civil service