Project Delivery

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 

Some projects were not given intended outcomes by which to measure success, making it impossible to determine what they have achieved, the watchdog said

Plans were leaked as MPs prepare to question employment minister Alok Sharma about the rollout

Cabinet Office says opening of new office for more than 6,000 civil servants a key milestone in efforts to rationalise government property portfolio

Some policies have gone ahead “apparently unchallenged, despite falling short of the standards set by the Treasury”, the report said

The Work and Pensions Select Committee's inquiry comes after the government admitted Universal Credit would make some people “worse off” 

“If I were the Treasury I might be asking questions about how this was managed," committee chair Meg Hillier said.

Department says the calculation would require “significant time and investment” to calculate returns and would not be proportionate

Rising demand for services “will make it even harder to achieve the government’s ambition”, the watchdog said