Project Delivery

Mayank Prakash scoops UK IT Industry Award as department denies rumours of a project overspend

Aid watchdog hands international development department an amber/red rating for its exit and transition work, but DfID disputes the "rushed" report

Manzoni and Gummer convene refreshed advisory panel as government reiterates commitment to channel 33% of procurement spend through SMEs

National Audit Office flags "fundamental weaknesses" in Defence Infrastructure Organisation deal with Capita and says the Ministry of Defence faces a "huge challenge" in funding its estate programme

Public Accounts Committee welcomes sharper monitoring of programme to free up land for housebuilding – but says "slow start" by some departments may make it hard to hit 2020 target

HM Revenue & Customs chief exec Jon Thompson admits failings with fraud-busting contract just part of the "sub-optimal" picture on tax credits

The Public Accounts Committee says the government's latest plan to cut costs by sharing back office functions has failed to learn the lessons of previous attempts

HMRC says the new director will be responsible for IT transformation and cloud strategy

Transport permanent secretary Philip Rutnam's request for a ministerial direction over funding guarantees for the controversial project to build a new bridge over the Thames brings the total number of directions since last May to seven - more than twice the number under the coalition government

Annual resource bulletin claims fall down to “bedding in” of Levene Reforms

High speed rail project faces "volatile" costs and skills shortages, Public Accounts Committee says, as the group of MPs urge government to finalise decisions on route

Downing Street source says prime minister Theresa May is "100% committed" to HS2 despite departure of Britain's highest-paid civil servant

PCS union says plan to move organisation employing more than 4,000 civil servants into the private sector appears to have been "quietly dropped" after it fails to appear in the new Neighbourhood Planning Bill

Janet Hughes announces that she is to leave the flagship identity assurance scheme at the end of this week

The Land Registry "must remain an essential arm of the state", says Conservative committee chair Bernard Jenkin, amid doubts over whether the government's privatisation plans will go ahead

Earlier this month, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority published its annual report shedding light on the government’s largest and most complex projects. Alongside details on budget and timelines, each project is given a red, amber or green rating to indicate how likely it is to deliver expected benefits. Suzannah Brecknell takes a look at some of the key findings

Major speech by the head of the public spending watchdog warns ministers to stop asking the civil service to run on "perpetual overload"

Royal Statistical Society praises Transport department for "honest" and "innovative" presentation of official statistics

National Audit Office says landscape of quangos "remains confused and incoherent"

While all the focus in recent days may have been on the consequences of Britain's historic decision to quit the European Union, that doesn't mean life in Whitehall ground to a halt. Here are three key, non-Brexit stories you may have missed since the referendum result

Changes come as DH seeks to cut running costs by 30% by 2020

"I cannot now foresee an announcement until at least October," says transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin

Exclusive: Former head of the civil service Lord Kerslake tells CSW that key departments tasked with making Brexit work have been "stripped back" in recent years and will have to have an injection of resources

Former Department for Education HEO Edward Chapman sentenced to three years and four months in jail after admitting £1m fraud and obtaining money by deception – as department says it is seeking to "recover the misappropriated funds in full"