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
Treasury documents reveal warnings over poverty impact of pay cap
29 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Treasury documents reveal warnings over poverty impact of pay cap

Paper obtained by GMB union also reveals an additional two-year pay freeze was considered in 2015.
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — October 29
29 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — October 29

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Cabinet Office accused of ‘destroying trust’ over pay
26 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Cabinet Office accused of ‘destroying trust’ over pay

Furious unions say High Court papers reveal officials misled them on 2018-19 rise
MoJ opens chequebook for new prisons chief with boosted salary offer of £200K
26 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
MoJ opens chequebook for new prisons chief with boosted salary offer of £200K

Job advert seeks "authoritative" figure to take over after a rocky year for the prisons service
Universal Credit: MPs warn the worst may be yet to come
26 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Universal Credit: MPs warn the worst may be yet to come

Department for Work and Pensions accused of being 'in denial' over negative impacts of new welfare system
DfT's project problems linked to 'over-optimistic' staff
25 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
DfT's project problems linked to 'over-optimistic' staff

But MPs hear department's confidence does not extend to no-deal Brexit preparations
NI civil servants closer to clarity over powers
25 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
NI civil servants closer to clarity over powers

Bill to give public servants clarity in power vacuum passes third reading
Trade union judicial review on civil service pay guidance dismissed
24 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Trade union judicial review on civil service pay guidance dismissed

Cabinet Office invites national trade union representatives to discuss how pay engagement could be improved for next year following the judgement
Accountability for rail timetabling fiasco was ‘too diluted’, says Grayling
24 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Accountability for rail timetabling fiasco was ‘too diluted’, says Grayling

The transport secretary also told MPs the UK's franchising model was 'shaky'
'Not enough time' for departments to prepare border for no-deal Brexit
24 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
'Not enough time' for departments to prepare border for no-deal Brexit

How effective departments' contingency planning for no-deal will be 'remains to be seen', NAO says
Ending austerity in the Budget 'would cost Treasury £31bn'
24 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Ending austerity in the Budget 'would cost Treasury £31bn'

Ending austerity in next week's Budget is a 'seemingly impossible task' for the chancellor, the Resolution Foundation said
Government bans use of phrase ‘fake news’
23 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Government bans use of phrase ‘fake news’

DCMS response to select committee report reveals move to tackle online manipulation by creating agreed definitions of ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’