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    Operational Delivery

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    Why is it so hard to sell an idea to government (even one that could make millions for the public purse)?
    04 Apr Operational Delivery

    Why is it so hard to sell an idea to government (even one that could make millions for the public purse)?

    To an outsider, reaching the right civil servants with an idea that could revolutionise services or save money seems impossible
    by Jon McKnight
    SR25: MoJ gets funding injection for new prison places and probation services
    12 Jun Operational Delivery
    SR25: MoJ gets funding injection for new prison places and probation services
    MoJ sets up new probation and reoffending directorate
    02 Jun Operational Delivery
    MoJ sets up new probation and reoffending directorate
    HMRC labelled 'lumbering dinosaur' and urged to modernise systems
    30 Apr Operational Delivery
    HMRC labelled 'lumbering dinosaur' and urged to modernise systems
    Fall in Whitehall consultancy spend going into reverse — NAO
    13 Jan 2016 Operational Delivery
    Fall in Whitehall consultancy spend going into reverse — NAO

    New report by the National Audit Office spending watchdog finds that while departmental spending on consultants and temporary staff has plummeted over last five years, latest figures indicate a “short-term reduction rather than a sustainable strategy”


    Ministry of Defence opts not to extend huge Serco contract for Defence Business Services
    08 Jan 2016 Operational Delivery
    Ministry of Defence opts not to extend huge Serco contract for Defence Business Services

    The MoD is set to bring its civilian HR, finance, information and security vetting corporate services back in house from April


    NAO: DWP fit-to-work contractor 'still not meeting expected performance levels'
    08 Jan 2016 Operational Delivery
    NAO: DWP fit-to-work contractor "still not meeting expected performance levels"

    National Audit Office says Department for Work and Pensions has improved oversight of Employment and Support Allowance tests - but warns of "perpetuating cycle of optimistic targets, contractual underperformance and costly recovery"


    Advisory Committee on Business Appointments beefs up disclosure requirements for top-level departures from government
    08 Jan 2016 Operational Delivery
    Advisory Committee on Business Appointments beefs up disclosure requirements for top-level departures from government

    Watchdog seeks additional information on commercial sector links


    Michael Gove brings in senior education figures to lead prison and probation watchdogs
    07 Jan 2016 Operational Delivery
    Michael Gove brings in senior education figures to lead prison and probation watchdogs

    Justice secretary confirms Peter Clarke and Dame Glenys Stacy to head up respective prisons and probation watchdogs 


    Top Defra adviser: break up Environment Agency after flooding
    06 Jan 2016 Operational Delivery
    Top Defra adviser: break up Environment Agency after flooding

    Dieter Helm, chair of the advisory Natural Capital Committee, urges creation of a new "smaller, more tightly focussed Environment Protection agency"


    Home Office to take on responsibility for fire and rescue services
    06 Jan 2016 Operational Delivery
    Home Office to take on responsibility for fire and rescue services

    Emergency services will be encouraged to share back office functions under plans outlined by the Home Office


    Home Office interpreters in boycott threat over pay cut
    21 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    Home Office interpreters in boycott threat over pay cut

    Immigration interpreters may refuse work over Home Office plans to change terms


    NAO: Number of companies in government has grown by a third since 2010
    15 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    NAO: Number of companies in government has grown by a third since 2010

    NAO research finds there are now 218 companies in government, but over half are not listed in official sources


    Home Office police funding fiasco 'amusing if it were not so serious', MPs say
    11 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    Home Office police funding fiasco "amusing if it were not so serious", MPs say

    Home Affairs Select Committee issues scathing report on errors in police funding overhaul – as department promises to learn lessons


    Care Quality Commission health regulator is 'not yet effective', warns PAC
    11 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    Care Quality Commission health regulator is "not yet effective", warns PAC

    Pressure on Care Quality Commission resources is showing through report errors, say MPs, as CQC chief David Behan (pictured) says regulator has been "working hard to improve"


    Local authority housing benefit staff will not move into DWP under Universal Credit shake-up
    10 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    Local authority housing benefit staff will not move into DWP under Universal Credit shake-up

    DWP says it will meet the cost of redundancies stemming from decision not to move Housing Benefit staff into the department when benefits are merged


    Social care services still at risk despite Spending Review boost, sector warns
    09 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    Social care services still at risk despite Spending Review boost, sector warns

    Plans to grant councils power to raise money for social care could lead to big regional variations, warn care sector leaders


    Carwyn Jones: top-level contact between Whitehall and Wales “non-existent”
    07 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    Carwyn Jones: top-level contact between Whitehall and Wales “non-existent”

    Welsh first minister says there is “no real machinery for a regular heads of government meeting” – as Silk Commission chair reveals he considered calling for separate civil service.


    Home Office’s “highly manual and inefficient” e-borders scheme criticised by spending watchdog
    03 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    Home Office’s “highly manual and inefficient” e-borders scheme criticised by spending watchdog

    National Audit Office says project likely to be finished eight years later than originally thought


    Bob Kerslake sheds light on his review of the Treasury for Labour's John McDonnell
    01 Dec 2015 Operational Delivery
    Bob Kerslake sheds light on his review of the Treasury for Labour's John McDonnell

    Former head of the civil service drafts in TUC chief Frances O'Grady and ex-KPMG deputy Alan Buckle to assess whether the Treasury is "fit for purpose"


    Driving examiners to stage walk-out in fresh DVSA strike action
    30 Nov 2015 Operational Delivery
    Driving examiners to stage walk-out in fresh DVSA strike action

    PCS union accuses driver agency of "petty-minded response" to staff who took earlier strike action


    Outgoing defence procurement chief Bernard Gray defends rise in Trident costs
    30 Nov 2015 Operational Delivery
    Outgoing defence procurement chief Bernard Gray defends rise in Trident costs

    Chief executive of the Defence Equipment and Support agency says fresh Trident cost estimates are proof of an end to a culture in which the MoD has been "unrealistic about the numbers"


    Spending Review: 100,000 public sector jobs will go by 2020, OBR predicts
    25 Nov 2015 Operational Delivery
    Spending Review: 100,000 public sector jobs will go by 2020, OBR predicts

    Fiscal watchdog predicts 0.1m drop in public sector workforce by 2020, but says pay restraint will reduce need for cuts


    Ministry of Defence could 'lose core expertise' through civil service job cuts, MPs hear
    24 Nov 2015 Operational Delivery
    Ministry of Defence could "lose core expertise" through civil service job cuts, MPs hear

    Defence committee takes evidence on the Strategic Defence and Security Review – with decision to axe 30% of MoD's civilian staff coming under fire from academics


    Spending Review: Treasury announces £3.8bn health service funding boost
    24 Nov 2015 Operational Delivery
    Spending Review: Treasury announces £3.8bn health service funding boost

    Significant victory for NHS chief executive Simon Stevens as chancellor George Osborne brings forward promised NHS investment


    National Audit Office: Department for Transport has learned lessons from West Coast rail debacle – but risks remain
    24 Nov 2015 Operational Delivery
    National Audit Office: Department for Transport has learned lessons from West Coast rail debacle – but risks remain

    The Department for Transport has addressed the causes of the failed West Coast rail franchise, the NAO spending watchdog finds – but risks remain to future competitions as work on HS2 delays the new West Coast franchise by six months


    Ministry of Defence 'in line for thousands of civil service job cuts'
    23 Nov 2015 Operational Delivery
    Ministry of Defence "in line for thousands of civil service job cuts"

    Civilian MoD workforce reportedly in line for staffing reductions as David Cameron prepares to unveil Strategic Defence and Security Review


    Civil servants raised Kids Company concerns “all the time”, says former DfE minister Tim Loughton
    19 Nov 2015 Operational Delivery
    Civil servants raised Kids Company concerns “all the time”, says former DfE minister Tim Loughton

    Tim Loughton says DfE officials questioned making a “special case” of the Kids Company charity – while Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin is quizzed on where the “buck stops” for its final round of public funding


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