Project Delivery

National Audit Office report says late-running programme was “overly ambitious” with an “unachievable” timescale

Study finds Whitehall is the world’s most effective civil service for generating policy, but falls down ranking in areas like financial management and digital services

Institute for Government says High Speed 1 rail link and Thames Tideway tunnel are among projects where government may have made the wrong investment decision

National Audit Office says department did not look carefully enough at other ways to fund new nuclear plant

Drive to boost digital public services needs renewed political leadership after the election, says think tank

PCS expresses concern that contracts forming part of the tax department’s controversial regional hub scheme were signed in the pre-election period

Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services

William Ury, who has also helped end conflicts in Colombia, the Middle East and the Balkans, has met with officials

Ministerial direction was required by DfT perm sec to provide funds for project

MPs question need for tax collection agency’s shift to city centre bases amid digital services drive

Institute for Government report draws lessons from global take-up of Blair-era innovation

Outgoing civil service commissioners highlight concerns that pay restrictions are limiting the attractiveness of some posts, while slow recruitment processes stop departments hiring top candidates