Project Delivery

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