Operational Delivery

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

The highest proportion of top public sector jobs on record went to women in the last year, new figures from the Commissioner for Public Appointments show

The UK ran a surplus of just £1bn last month – £200m lower than July 2015

Tax experts and industry bodies urge rethink on plans to make public sector bodies, not contractors themselves, responsible for applying rules known as “IR35”

Former Labour minister Nick Raynsford, a key player in setting up the Greater London Authority, tells CSW that civil servants and ministers are still reluctant to let go of powers

More than 40 staff unable to relocate or who turned down voluntary exit could be made redundant under first round of estate downsizing

Official evaluation seen by Newsnight suggests much-heralded programme has had a limited impact on employment, criminality and truancy