Operational Delivery

Civil service chief John Manzoni (pictured) and Treasury perm sec Tom Scholar say annual updates to the much-criticised Single Departmental Plans will address "big elephant" of Britain's exit from the EU

National Institute of Economic and Social Research study, commissioned by the government, finds “no significant or systematic impact” of the programme, as the Department for Communities and Local Government says it has learned lessons from its first phase

Fast Stream assessment now much more focused on "real-life work scenarios", says Gillian Smith, after report warns of lack of working class representation in the scheme

New deputy director for international trade to lead a team promoting UK's transport industry in a post-Brexit world

New home for the digital team is 10 minutes from the City of London

Susan Acland-Hood on the move as courts service presses ahead with digital shake-up

Tax authority defends decision to axe tax credits contract as 150 temporary staff face last day at work

Public Accounts Committee says department is unable to evidence reforms' success and significant challenges remain

HMRC may need to delay digital tax plans, Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie tells new chancellor Philip Hammond

HMRC chief Jon Thompson (pictured) says reorganising four existing lines of business into a more simplified structure will ensure that HMRC is "fit for the future" – as union says there is "nervousness" among some staff over timing of the changes

Former chair of the Public Accounts Committee wants to “tear away the shroud of secrecy” around corporate tax settlements, calling for scrutiny along similar lines to the Intelligence and Security Committee

Institute for Government says that while Brexit will bring many new challenges, the public finances will face increasing pressures

Rapson tells CSW she feels move to the banking watchdog will be a "seamless progression" from her work as UK Visas and Immigration director general

The outsourcing firm says HMRC's decision – which comes amid pressure from MPs over wrongly halted tax credits – is an attack on its "professional credibility"

"Open, international" hunt for a new official to lead the Brexit-focused trade department may not be plain sailing for the trade secretary, experts tell CSW

Civil service network seeks to build pan-Whitehall expertise in areas such as payment-by results and agent-based modelling

Labour Party-commissioned proposals demand more money for tax collection and new tier of governance for HM Revenue & Customs

PCS union says plan to move organisation employing more than 4,000 civil servants into the private sector appears to have been "quietly dropped" after it fails to appear in the new Neighbourhood Planning Bill

Rapson – named as one of Cranfield University's "100 Women to Watch" last year – is to leave post next month after more than a decade in the civil service

New Cabinet Office minister argues that the civil service has "already risen to the challenge" of Brexit as Labour says now is not the time to be "laying off civil servants and slashing budgets"

Treasury resistance hampered early planning, while over-stretched senior officials failed to spot warning signs that the project to overhaul benefits was failing, according to an in-depth report published by the Institute for Government

Council chiefs urge greater say in DWP's replacement for the Work Programme

Revised Technology Code of Practice sets out criteria by which all big government technology projects will be judged

Daniel Thornton of the respected IfG think tank predicts greater role in business transformation work for government departments