Operational Delivery

New measures will reduce lag on claimants' receipt of benefits payments from six weeks to five

Departmental allocations from new tranche of Brexit cash to be agreed “in early 2018”

Pilots to develop new public value frameworks will be taken forward next year

The former second perm sec in the Department for Work and Pensions-turned benefits advisor has been both poacher and gamekeeper in Whitehall. He shares the lessons from both sides of the fence, including for Brexit, with Richard Johnstone.

Chancellor Philip Hammond set to respond to Sir Michael Barber’s proposals in Wednesday’s Autumn Budget

Civil service poll results also reveal less than four in ten know how their work contributes to this plan

Whitehall barometer notes continuing decline in salary satisfaction against ongoing backdrop of 1% cap

Mike Parsons takes top role at Government Property Unit as it prepares to launch Government Property Agency

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