VOA: 125-year-old agency to be absorbed into HMRC
29 Apr Government Tax Profession

VOA: 125-year-old agency to be absorbed into HMRC

Union calls decision to move ALB's functions into HMRC a “slap in the face to hard-working civil servants”
by Tevye Markson
Union sounds alarm on Valuation Office Agency ‘integration’ with HMRC
28 Nov Government Tax Profession
Union sounds alarm on Valuation Office Agency ‘integration’ with HMRC
'Successful transformation requires cultural change': What's in HMRC's Transformation Roadmap?
15 Aug Government Tax Profession
'Successful transformation requires cultural change': What's in HMRC's Transformation Roadmap?
SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
12 Jun Government Tax Profession
SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
Coronavirus: DWP ‘must not ignore’ people claiming legacy benefits after Universal Credit boost
22 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Coronavirus: DWP ‘must not ignore’ people claiming legacy benefits after Universal Credit boost

Recipients of benefits including jobseekers’ allowance and employment support allowance have “slipped down the list of priorities”, says committee chair
Home Office faces court challenge over 'discriminatory' visa algorithm
22 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Home Office faces court challenge over 'discriminatory' visa algorithm

JCWI says the algirith discriminates on the basis of nationality – by design"
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 19
22 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 19

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
'Our country is stronger for your service': Sedwill confirms McDonald to retire as FCO perm sec
19 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
'Our country is stronger for your service': Sedwill confirms McDonald to retire as FCO perm sec

Departure comes as PM seeks new leadership for merged  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Coronavirus alert level should finally move down from Level 4 to Level 3, say UK’s chief medical officers
19 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Coronavirus alert level should finally move down from Level 4 to Level 3, say UK’s chief medical officers

Health secretary Matt Hancock says update shows "the government's plan is working"
Coronavirus has slowed removal of deadly Grenfell-style cladding even further, watchdog warns
19 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Coronavirus has slowed removal of deadly Grenfell-style cladding even further, watchdog warns

MHCLG “had not assessed how its timeframe for completing remediation would be affected” by Covid-19
Case study: How academic ‘policy entrepreneurs’ can help the civil service
19 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Case study: How academic ‘policy entrepreneurs’ can help the civil service

From the impact of Covid-19 to dealing with the impact of climate change, government has never faced greater policy challenges. But, as recent work on developing policy strategies for carbon capture and storage shows, civil servants can get help from academics to find the right solutions. Professor Karen Turner, the director from the Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Strathclyde, explains

DWP gets ministerial direction to breach spending limits in 'extraordinary circumstances' of Covid-19
19 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
DWP gets ministerial direction to breach spending limits in 'extraordinary circumstances' of Covid-19

Perm sec Peter Schofield asked sought approval for spending that might breach Treasury guidance on "regularity and propriety grounds"
Renationalising outsourced services could improve quality and reliability, think tank says
19 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Renationalising outsourced services could improve quality and reliability, think tank says

IfG report encouraging government to re-examine contracts comes as MoJ plans to bring probation services back in house
Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app ‘not a priority’ and may not be ready until winter, minister says
18 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app ‘not a priority’ and may not be ready until winter, minister says

Health minister says there is a of "alienating or freaking out people" using test, track and trace system
Foreign Office head Simon McDonald to step down early next year – reports
18 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Foreign Office head Simon McDonald to step down early next year – reports

Diplomat will oversee merger with DfID but will not lead FCDO long term, sources say
Defra offers £135k for COO who will 'challenge status quo'
18 Jun 2020 Government Tax Profession
Defra offers £135k for COO who will 'challenge status quo'

Candidate sought to deliver "significant and real step change in performance and outcomes"