Government Tax Profession

Staff shortages in the UK Border Force (UKBF) are putting increasing pressure on staff and causing concern that they’re no longer able to effectively protect the UK borders, a survey revealed on the 4 December. 

The chancellor of the exchequer’s final Autumn Statement of this Parliament provided an update on the government's economic plans. Our sister service, Dods Monitoring, analysed the Statement sector by sector. 

Further cuts and reforms in Whitehall could save an extra £10bn by 2017/18, George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement earlier today. But where are the cuts coming from?

Despite declaring the government’s Northern Powerhouse initiative as being “at the heart” of the Autumn Statement, the chancellor George Osborne was quizzed on his limited devolution to cities and counties.

The government will continue to restrain public sector pay in the next Parliament, George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement today. 

Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne is due to give his Autumn Statement today (Wednesday 3 December) at 12:30pm. So what can be expected?

New rules on permanent secretary recruitment allowing the prime minister to make the final selection from a list of candidates came into force today.

The Civil Service Club (CSC) could be sold off under Labour to help “pay down the national debt”, Labour announced this week. 

The Cabinet Office does not maintain a detailed database for grant programmes, so has no way to identify if discrepancies have occurred in the last five years, a National Audit Office (NAO) report revealed today.  

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued 48% more smartphones this year than in 2009. 

New powers for the Scottish Parliament were laid out this morning by the cross-party commission set up after the referendum on independence. Lord Smith, who chaired the commission said the new powers would make the Scottish Parliament "more powerful, more accountable and more autonomous".

Government must do more to support part time working in senior Civil Service roles, said the minister for employment relations and consumer affairs yesterday.