Project Delivery

Dave Penman condemns “cowardly move” of politicians criticising DWP official instead of ministers 

New measures will reduce lag on claimants' receipt of benefits payments from six weeks to five

Chancellor Philip Hammond set to respond to Sir Michael Barber’s proposals in Wednesday’s Autumn Budget

Watchdog’s snapshot shows BEIS has biggest numeric burden, followed by Defra

Senior officials defend rationale for new GPS tags but admit major failings of project now delayed by more than five years 

Tax department chief reveals HMRC has requested but not received more details on the Paradise Papers document leak on offshore investment

Amyas Morse tells MPs that ministerial directions are too rare and departments must re-prioritise ahead of Brexit

Post will also involve creation of analytics tools and platforms for minimising fraud

David Davis says departments are preparing 300 Brexit-related programmes to be implemented with or without a deal

Bernadette Kelly asked by MPs to look into “possibility of fraud” over £1.7m made in unauthorised redundancy payments

David Williams tells MPs that Department of Health cannot calculate impact of delays to repairs and maintenance spending

Stephen Lovegrove told MPs that nuclear power plant deal with EDF would have collapsed had his department tried to renegotiate terms