Operational Delivery

Theresa May sketches out Home Office vision for the next five years – and confirms that Home Office perm sec Mark Sedwill is reviewing size of the department's central HQ

"We don’t have the right policies to meet 2020 targets," Amber Rudd tells MPs

Ombudsman's report highlights poor complaints handling as biggest cause of upheld cases in 2014-15

LSE Diplomacy Commission warns over lack of joined-up foreign policy strategy – and says Foreign Office must do more to promote "family-friendly" career paths

Public Accounts Committee criticises HMRC over customer service, compliance and tackling aggressive tax planning – while HMRC says MPs have "overlooked" its achievements

Report by the National Audit Office spending watchdog finds that charity received £46m of public funding over 15 years

DWP perm sec heaps praise on the department's operations team for finding efficiencies, while acknowledging staff can't "just pedal faster forever"

Official who raised value for money concerns over further funding for the charity to face questions from the Public Accounts Committee

New diagnostic tool from the Institute for Government aims to help officials assess viability of public service markets

Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier questions MoJ's "management of taxpayers’ money" – but MoJ points to savings made from the closure

Work and pensions committee report calls for simplified payment structure and better categorisation of participants