Project Delivery

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