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    Government Tax Profession

    Keep up-to-date with the latest Government Tax Profession news from Civil Service World
    HMRC home working ‘not to blame’ for self-assessment helpline delays
    25 Jan Government Tax Profession

    HMRC home working ‘not to blame’ for self-assessment helpline delays

    Perm sec blames unnecessary calls and last-minute rush to file tax returns for busy phone lines
    by Tevye Markson
    HMRC boss: Cabinet Office could demand information on would-be ministers’ tax affairs
    26 Jan Government Tax Profession
    HMRC boss: Cabinet Office could demand information on would-be ministers’ tax affairs
    Nadhim Zahawi tax row: PM orders new ethics adviser to investigate
    23 Jan Government Tax Profession
    Nadhim Zahawi tax row: PM orders new ethics adviser to investigate
    HMRC not deploying enough staff to tackle £42bn tax gap, MPs say
    12 Jan Government Tax Profession
    HMRC not deploying enough staff to tackle £42bn tax gap, MPs say
    Government outsourcing spend up by 23%
    27 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Government outsourcing spend up by 23%

    Government spending on outsourcing contracts rose by 23% to £1.2bn between 2012 and 2013, bringing the two-year total to £2.3bn, while expenditure in most other sectors fell by between 1% and 20%, according to analysis of public sector transactions carried out by the Institute for Government (IfG).


    PM's private secretary to lead Implementation Unit
    26 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    PM's private secretary to lead Implementation Unit

    Simon Case, the prime minister’s private secretary, will be the new head of the Implementation Unit, cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has told CSW.


    PAC: DWP’s failure to pilot benefit scheme led to ‘unnecessary distress for claimants’
    20 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    PAC: DWP’s failure to pilot benefit scheme led to ‘unnecessary distress for claimants’

    The Department for Work and Pensions’ failure to pilot its Personal Independence Payment (PIP) programme has led to delays, backlogs and “unnecessary distress for claimants”, according to a report published today by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).


    UKBA was ‘never going to work’, says former chief
    20 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    UKBA was ‘never going to work’, says former chief

    The former UK Border Agency (UKBA) was doomed to fail due to its sheer scale and constant media attention, its former chief executive Rob Whiteman has said.


    Civil servants on more than £100,000 could face new clawback rules
    18 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Civil servants on more than £100,000 could face new clawback rules

    Civil servants earning £100,000 or more who take redundancy could be forced to pay back some of the cash if they return to the same part of the public sector within a year, under legislation announced in this month's Queen’s Speech.​


    PAC: DCLG failed to consider alternatives before committing £10bn to Help to Buy scheme
    18 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    PAC: DCLG failed to consider alternatives before committing £10bn to Help to Buy scheme

    The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has committed to spending up to £10bn on the government’s Help to Buy scheme without establishing whether it represents the most effective way of using taxpayers’ money, the Public Accounts Committee have said in a report published on 18 July.


    Jil Matheson: ‘End pre-release’
    18 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Jil Matheson: ‘End pre-release’

    The outgoing National Statistician has called for an end to the practice of giving ministers access to official statistics before their release.


    Committee calls for new ethics rules for private providers
    17 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Committee calls for new ethics rules for private providers

    The Committee for Standards in Public Life has called for new contractual and monitoring arrangements to ensure private providers meet the same ethical standards which apply to civil servants.


    NAO hits targets on savings, but misses submissions deadlines
    16 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    NAO hits targets on savings, but misses submissions deadlines

    The National Audit Office helped government to achieve £1.1bn of savings in 2014-14, according to its annual report published this week, but missed its own targets to complete 40% of its studies in six months and 85% within nine months – completing just 35% and 74% of reports in the respective time limits.


    Consultants attack buying framework
    12 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Consultants attack buying framework

    Efforts to centralise consultancy procurement are not working, according to the Management Consultancies Association (MCA), and may thwart “government’s stated aims of securing efficiency”.


    Policy Exchange calls for training
    12 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Policy Exchange calls for training

    The Civil Service Competency Framework should be updated to require all staff to have minimum skills in critical thinking, quantitative analysis and digital skills, according to think tank Policy Exchange.


    Woods: ‘Talks threat to bailouts’
    06 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Woods: ‘Talks threat to bailouts’

    The international trade treaties currently being negotiated between the USA and EU and around the Pacific area threaten the kind of bail-outs that have rescued Greece, Ireland, Portugal and other EU countries, according to Ngaire Woods, dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University.


    Replenishing the toolbox
    03 Jun 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Replenishing the toolbox

    In recent times, new delivery challenges and rising tensions between officials and politicians have led to calls for an inquiry into the civil service. Joshua Chambers asks how Whitehall can ensure it has the right tools for the job 


    Projects report finds fewer outliers
    28 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Projects report finds fewer outliers

    The number of major projects on track to be delivered on time and to budget has fallen from 32 to 17 over the year, while the number of projects in serious danger of failing has fallen from eight to four, according to new figures from the Major Projects Authority (MPA).


    ONS first public sector organisation to be awarded Gold Disability Standard
    21 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    ONS first public sector organisation to be awarded Gold Disability Standard

    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has become the first public sector organisation to achieve Gold Status on the industry-judged Disability Standard.


    HS2 boss calls for pay freedom
    21 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    HS2 boss calls for pay freedom

    The High Speed 2 company needs to be given greater freedoms from Treasury restrictions so that it can attract the best project managers and construction workers, Alison Munro, chief executive of the project, has told Civil Service World.



     


    Moves, Arrivals & Departures
    16 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Moves, Arrivals & Departures

    Victoria MacCallum (pictured) is the new head of Cabinet Office communications. She has had the job on an interim basis for some time, but it was made permanent in April. Her predecessor in the role, Emily Tofield, has now returned from maternity leave to a new job as cross-government head of media relations.


    Gus attacks outsourcing of policy advice
    16 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Gus attacks outsourcing of policy advice

    Ministers commissioning policy advice directly from external bodies is “dangerous, because it risks giving the job to a body that is not objective,” former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell has said.


    Rift opens within Public Administration Select Committee between chair and committee member
    16 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Rift opens within Public Administration Select Committee between chair and committee member

    A member of the Public Administration Select Committee last week stormed out of a hearing and criticised chair Bernard Jenkin MP.


    Select committee attacks ‘flawed’ horizon-scanning programme
    16 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Select committee attacks ‘flawed’ horizon-scanning programme

    The government’s new horizon-scanning programme is “flawed” and contains “substantial weaknesses,” according to the Science and Technology Select Committee.


    16 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    MPs ask for Afghanistan review

    The government should conduct a comprehensive review of its interventions in Afghanistan in 2001, the Commons’ Defence Committee said in a report on Tuesday. This should encompass not just military operations, but all the UK’s work under the NATO and UN missions.


    NAO queries NHS company
    16 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    NAO queries NHS company

    NHS Property Services was set up as a limited company to manage the NHS property portfolio without a formal business case being produced to support that decision, the National Audit Office has found in a report published this month.


    16 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    Call for TTIP comms plan

    The Lords’ European Union Committee has called for the creation of a cross-government communications strategy regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – a proposed free trade agreement between the EU and the US.


    PAC calls for pay flexibility to plug skill gaps
    15 May 2014 Government Tax Profession
    PAC calls for pay flexibility to plug skill gaps

    Departments need more flexibility on pay so that civil service organisations don’t feel the need for “bureaucratic reorganisations” designed to escape pay controls and enable them to recruit skilled staff, the Public Accounts Committee has said.


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