Project Delivery

Announcement comes as UC director say "roughly half" of Universal Credit claimants may have been transferred without transitional protection

PCS says department is only willing to temporarily ‘share the pain’ of welfare reform workload rather than provide permanent additional resources for over-stretched staff

Department ramps up number of locations offering support with applications to about 150 – although Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are comparatively poorly served

Formal reform plan published as Serco chief says outsourcer has recovered from “dark night of the soul”

Troubled eight-year project reaches fruition as technology is to be deployed nationwide in the coming months

An allowance for working overnight is among the package offered to entice staff to join coordinating group for EU exit

Union sets out five demands to cut workload of staff at Universal Credit service centres in Wolverhampton and Walsall

Brexit will remain a key focus as the NAO rebalances its resources to cope with its mounting workload

Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has acknowledged that rollout of benefit reform could have contributed to large increase but says government has made changes to improve reform

Committee raises alarm over loss of European Investment Bank funding stream

The Cabinet Office alone awarded contracts worth a total of £56m, the figures show

The government claims it is ‘working constructively with Apple’