Operational Delivery

Cabinet Office minister Caroline Nokes says Government Digital Service has "come of age", and insists she has never met an obstructive civil servant

Sinn Féin and DUP fail to reach power-sharing deal but Northern Ireland secretary insists new legislation does not amount to direct rule

Tax department chief reveals HMRC has requested but not received more details on the Paradise Papers document leak on offshore investment

Amyas Morse tells MPs that ministerial directions are too rare and departments must re-prioritise ahead of Brexit

DWP, HMRC, DCMS and Cabinet Office staff win 2017 Reimagine Challenge for joined-up approach to aiding poor people in financial crisis

David Davis says departments are preparing 300 Brexit-related programmes to be implemented with or without a deal

Tax collection agency says that work to tackle avoidance and evasion is paying off to tune of £12bn a year

National Audit Office warns shortage of key commercial and cost assurance experts could jeopardise £1.7bn savings target from non-competitive contracts

HMRC chief says the organisation will present a ‘reprioritisation’ plan to ministers next year, and plans to hire more staff as Brexit workload increases

PCS general secretary also claims that civil servants have implemented some government reforms “unwillingly”

Tax authority announces recruitment for top tax post will be limited to existing civil servants

Sinn Féin and DUP given two weeks to agree new power-sharing deal or face Westminster intervention on budget