Project Delivery

John Manzoni and Sir Mark Sedwill share "inconvenient" warnings about "disorderly" no-deal Brexit.

Matthew Vickerstaff named as interim successor to government project chief ahead of a full recruitment drive in 2019

Whitehall projects chief to chair body constructing cross-London line as it is revealed project faces further delays to opening and requires £1.4bn in extra funds

The committee also warned that uncertainty about future border arrangements "will make it extremely challenging for the Home Office" to prepare for the future

Union voices anger that Disclosure and Barring Service project will not be brought back in-house

The department has on multiple occasions been forced to deny that it might abandon the project as progress has stalled

The government also rejected the committee's call for MPs to vote on controversial appointments

The PAC also warned of a “significant and growing risk” that DfT would not be adequately prepared for a no-deal Brexit.

A telephone helpline set up by the Home Office to deal with cases has so far received 25 calls about inappropriate demands for DNA evidence.

A plan to tackle organised crime, an investment strategy and gender pay gap reporting rules were all awaiting sign-off.

MPs warn that rushing the managed migration process and getting it wrong could accelerate destitution

Environment secretary set to stay on at department but report outlines scale of tasks ahead

Fate of draft Brexit agreement in the balance after ministers resign

The reform "continues to incentivise single parents... to reduce working hours", according to the Resolution Foundation think tank

Treasury spending teams should be "more involved in challenging the benefits of projects", says auditor general

Peers urge chancellor Philip Hammond to drop plans to extend the window in which HMRC can investigate taxpayers’ affairs if they had some tax dealings outside the UK

DWP extends legacy payouts after watchdog's warning that claimants transferring onto Universal Credit would face financial hardship

Rob Thompson takes position as department’s technology leader after four years at DWP

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

Department for Work and Pensions accused of being 'in denial' over negative impacts of new welfare system

How effective departments' contingency planning for no-deal will be 'remains to be seen', NAO says

Civil servants need to go "back to basics" on spending and record keeping, watchdog says

'Mismatches in volumes and available staffing will impair our ability to clear work,' Neil Couling told MPs

Ensuring staff are equipped to deak with huge workload is also an 'anxiety', says Clare Moriarty