Operational Delivery

New Treasury Select Committee chair demands core performance details after reported problems

Annual report of the National Offender Management Service says additional overtime payments were needed to address staffing pressures

Workload survey shows civil service careers are becoming synonymous with low pay and long hours

Perm sec Richard Heaton slammed for “less than satisfactory” response to prison pressures

Civil servants who collect court fines could be moved to the private sector under outsourcing proposal

Chris Skidmore commits to place all new public bodies created following Brexit outside London

Infrastructure and Projects Authority says number of "at risk" schemes has dropped from 44 in 2016 to 38 this year 

Appointment of Angela MacDonald and Penny Ciniewicz follows departures of key staff Ruth Owen and Jennie Granger earlier this year

Hugh Ind has interim appointment made permanent 

Government signs 20-year lease on city centre office development to house 2,900 staff

Prime minister applauds Grenfell Tower and terror responses, but calls on Whitehall staff to “be bold” in facing future challenges

Some closure-threatened Jobcentres win reprieve in estates reorganisation, but new sites are earmarked to shut

Study finds Whitehall is the world’s most effective civil service for generating policy, but falls down ranking in areas like financial management and digital services

New group will help “put in place the foundations” for recovery, says communities secretary

Institute for Government says High Speed 1 rail link and Thames Tideway tunnel are among projects where government may have made the wrong investment decision

First secretary of state says government "can’t park the domestic agenda" amid Brexit negotiations

Transport secretary Chris Grayling insists services are improving and some recommendations are already being implemented

Lidington pledges to continue reform programme, but Labour criticise lack of legislation the Queen’s Speech

Queen’s Birthday Honours list also includes knighthood for UN under-secretary general Stephen O’Brien

Small increase in Whitehall headcount reported by ONS, but employment remains almost 150,000 posts below peak set before spending cuts

New minister responsible for civil service has praise for officials but also complains about 'ropey' delivery 

MPs and centre users back call to save one of 78 threatened offices

Senior civil service has biggest range of average salaries of any grade across Whitehall, with Treasury chiefs paid least