Government Tax Profession

Umbrella trade union body said former Brexit minister Steve Baker’s attacks on civil servants from the dispatch box represented “a new low”

Transport select committee report warns it is unclear if planned new partnership for the intercity line can overcome “systemic difficulties”

Initial planning was “optimistic”, resulting in missed milestones, report finds

ONS figures also reveal number of employees at newly-established Government Property Agency for the first time

£48m from the Life Chances Fund will help raise funds for social projects

Home Office’s “light touch approach” to running the country’s police forces means it does not understand the full impact of cuts to the service, the Government’s watchdog has warned

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Report says watchdog Ofsted’s approach must be reviewed after 52% real-terms funding cuts prompt ‘narrow focus’ on cost of inspection

Union says equivalent to Scottish Government investigation into Alex Salmond couldn’t happen in Whitehall

Paparazzi shot hints at Whitehall’s ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ contingency planning

Secretary of state says government will bring forward legislation to ensure continuity of appointments and public services as Stormont power vacuum continues

Resolution Foundation says much-criticised reform now faces most difficult stage and government needs to work to ensure take up