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    Project Delivery

    Keep up-to-date with the latest Project Delivery news from Civil Service World
    Consultants to aid push for ‘better, smaller and fairer' Cabinet Office by 2025
    13 Jan Project Delivery

    Consultants to aid push for ‘better, smaller and fairer' Cabinet Office by 2025

    CO2025 reform programme is intended to deliver a "slimmed-down, high-performance" Cabinet Office

    by Sam Trendall
    Eyes on the prize: How to improve civil service delivery
    20 Jan Project Delivery
    Eyes on the prize: How to improve civil service delivery
    DLUHC ‘making progress’ with skills challenges, says perm sec
    10 Jan Project Delivery
    DLUHC ‘making progress’ with skills challenges, says perm sec
    DfT explores virtual queues to manage Dover lorry gridlock
    05 Jan Project Delivery
    DfT explores virtual queues to manage Dover lorry gridlock
    Eurostar sale shows government still 'undervaluing assets', warns public accounts commitee
    20 Jan 2016 Project Delivery
    Eurostar sale shows government still "undervaluing assets", warns public accounts commitee

    Report by MPs says Eurostar sale was managed well but that government used "over cautious assumptions" and should do more to build in-house corporate finance knowledge


    Cabinet Office 'reviewing big government IT deals' as expiry draws near
    18 Jan 2016 Project Delivery
    Cabinet Office "reviewing big government IT deals" as expiry draws near

    Project "Ocean Liner" reportedly mulls insourcing and says there is "no consistent advice" for dealing with IT challenges across government


    HMRC chief Lin Homer: office closures won't lead to 'cliff edge' of expertise
    13 Jan 2016 Project Delivery
    HMRC chief Lin Homer: office closures won't lead to "cliff edge" of expertise

    Tax authority's chief executive Dame Lin Homer is grilled on plans to cut HMRC's office network from 170 smaller offices to 13 regional centres


    Fall in Whitehall consultancy spend going into reverse — NAO
    13 Jan 2016 Project Delivery
    Fall in Whitehall consultancy spend going into reverse — NAO

    New report by the National Audit Office spending watchdog finds that while departmental spending on consultants and temporary staff has plummeted over last five years, latest figures indicate a “short-term reduction rather than a sustainable strategy”


    NAO: DWP fit-to-work contractor 'still not meeting expected performance levels'
    08 Jan 2016 Project Delivery
    NAO: DWP fit-to-work contractor "still not meeting expected performance levels"

    National Audit Office says Department for Work and Pensions has improved oversight of Employment and Support Allowance tests - but warns of "perpetuating cycle of optimistic targets, contractual underperformance and costly recovery"


    NAO highlights continued turnover of major project leaders across government
    06 Jan 2016 Project Delivery
    NAO highlights continued turnover of major project leaders across government

    National Audit Office raises concerns over the number of transformation projects government is undertaking, as report notes that over a third of major projects due to be delivered this Parliament may be unachievable


    Home Office to take on responsibility for fire and rescue services
    06 Jan 2016 Project Delivery
    Home Office to take on responsibility for fire and rescue services

    Emergency services will be encouraged to share back office functions under plans outlined by the Home Office


    New Year's Honours 2016: HMRC chief Lin Homer made a Dame
    31 Dec 2015 Project Delivery
    New Year's Honours 2016: HMRC chief Lin Homer made a Dame

    Chief executive of the tax authority awarded in New Year's Honours list - while DWP perm sec Robert Devereux is knighted


    DfT's Phil Graham stepping up to lead National Infrastructure Commission
    21 Dec 2015 Project Delivery
    DfT's Phil Graham stepping up to lead National Infrastructure Commission

    Senior Department for Transport official – who has served as deputy director for high speed rail strategy – will head up George Osborne's Commission


    Watchdog paints stark picture of NHS finances
    16 Dec 2015 Project Delivery
    Watchdog paints stark picture of NHS finances

    National Audit Office finds trust deficits becoming “normal practice” 


    Rural payments: 'childish' tensions between GDS and Defra laid bare at committee hearing
    09 Dec 2015 Project Delivery
    Rural payments: "childish" tensions between GDS and Defra laid bare at committee hearing

    After a scathing report on problems with the digital overhaul of the system for paying EU subsidies, spending watchdogs Meg Hillier and Amyas Morse criticise behaviour that was "distressing to staff and visibly confrontational"


    Social care services still at risk despite Spending Review boost, sector warns
    09 Dec 2015 Project Delivery
    Social care services still at risk despite Spending Review boost, sector warns

    Plans to grant councils power to raise money for social care could lead to big regional variations, warn care sector leaders


    Civil service pay hindering recruitment of digital staff, say Whitehall tech chiefs
    02 Dec 2015 Project Delivery
    Civil service pay hindering recruitment of digital staff, say Whitehall tech chiefs

    National Audit Office survey finds concern among government's digital leaders over their ability to recruit and retain staff – but there's support for many Cabinet Office intiatives to sharpen tech skills


    New 'specialist' pay scale, Single Departmental Plans, and an academy for future Whitehall leaders – eight things we learned from John Manzoni and Matt Hancock's latest grilling by MPs
    30 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    New 'specialist' pay scale, Single Departmental Plans, and an academy for future Whitehall leaders – eight things we learned from John Manzoni and Matt Hancock's latest grilling by MPs

    New 'specialist' payscale to help recruitment, staff cuts at the Cabinet Office, Single Departmental Plans, the future of civil service reform, details on a brand new leadership academy – as the civil service chief executive and minister for the Cabinet Office face MPs, CSW tries to keep up...


    Outgoing defence procurement chief Bernard Gray defends rise in Trident costs
    30 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    Outgoing defence procurement chief Bernard Gray defends rise in Trident costs

    Chief executive of the Defence Equipment and Support agency says fresh Trident cost estimates are proof of an end to a culture in which the MoD has been "unrealistic about the numbers"


    Spending Review 2015: George Osborne unveils surprise boost for Government Digital Service
    25 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    Spending Review 2015: George Osborne unveils surprise boost for Government Digital Service

    GDS to get an extra £450m, Spending Review confirms


    Ministry of Defence could 'lose core expertise' through civil service job cuts, MPs hear
    24 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    Ministry of Defence could "lose core expertise" through civil service job cuts, MPs hear

    Defence committee takes evidence on the Strategic Defence and Security Review – with decision to axe 30% of MoD's civilian staff coming under fire from academics


    National Audit Office: Department for Transport has learned lessons from West Coast rail debacle – but risks remain
    24 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    National Audit Office: Department for Transport has learned lessons from West Coast rail debacle – but risks remain

    The Department for Transport has addressed the causes of the failed West Coast rail franchise, the NAO spending watchdog finds – but risks remain to future competitions as work on HS2 delays the new West Coast franchise by six months


    Kids Company: senior civil servants should have pushed back against ministers, say MPs
    13 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    Kids Company: senior civil servants should have pushed back against ministers, say MPs

    Stinging report by the Public Accounts Committee says government funding to the collapsed charity was “never seriously questioned, let alone stopped”


    Spending Review: IfG says government must be realistic about what it will stop doing
    13 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    Spending Review: IfG says government must be realistic about what it will stop doing

    Insitute for Government report says there is "insufficient recognition" that "less money will often mean doing less" – and urges clear statements of intent from new single departmental plans


    Major Projects Authority to merge with Infrastructure UK
    11 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    Major Projects Authority to merge with Infrastructure UK

    Geoffrey Spence to step aside as Infrastructure UK merged with major projects watchdog


    HMRC chief Lin Homer: 'unengaged' staff need to feel more involved in our future
    10 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    HMRC chief Lin Homer: "unengaged" staff need to feel more involved in our future

    HM Revenue and Customs chief executive says low staff morale is not damaging productivity – but acknowledges more work to do to make officials feel engaged with wider department


    Strategic Defence and Security Review: Treasury names the date
    09 Nov 2015 Project Delivery
    Strategic Defence and Security Review: Treasury names the date

    Cross-government SDSR to be unveiled two days before the Spending Review


    Department for Education urged to ensure 'central accountability' for care leavers – MPs
    30 Oct 2015 Project Delivery
    Department for Education urged to ensure "central accountability" for care leavers – MPs

    Public Accounts Committee says it is surprised DfE "did not take a stronger leadership role" in support for care leavers amid "disappointing service provision"


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