HS2 reset: Lovegrove report unpacks lessons for civil service
20 May Project Delivery

HS2 reset: Lovegrove report unpacks lessons for civil service

Recommendations include more realistic salaries for officials working on major projects and a culture shift away from “automatically” appointing career civil servant as SRO
by Jim Dunton
Treasury publishes ‘significantly revised’ Magenta Book
18 May Project Delivery
Treasury publishes ‘significantly revised’ Magenta Book
Darren Jones: All departments ‘will have a delivery team led by a top civil servant’
15 May Project Delivery
Darren Jones: All departments ‘will have a delivery team led by a top civil servant’
Departments can learn from success of Bank of England tech programme, MPs say
01 May Project Delivery
Departments can learn from success of Bank of England tech programme, MPs say
New business-case rules for major projects come into force
14 Jul 2025 Project Delivery
New business-case rules for major projects come into force
Treasury issues guidance for departments on new requirements for projects and programmes in the GMPP
First app version of GOV.UK website launches
01 Jul 2025 Project Delivery
First app version of GOV.UK website launches
App aims to take "crucial services a step closer to citizens in a bid to cut life-admin”
Mega projects: Delivery bodies given freedom to set pay for specialist roles
20 Jun 2025 Project Delivery
Mega projects: Delivery bodies given freedom to set pay for specialist roles
Government to implement "bespoke" approach to governance and funding for current and future schemes
Keir Starmer asks cab sec to examine damning HS2 review's implications for civil service
19 Jun 2025 Project Delivery
Keir Starmer asks cab sec to examine damning HS2 review's implications for civil service
Wormald to assess infrastructure delivery report and consider whether an investigation is needed
‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
11 Jun 2025 Project Delivery
‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
Treasury announces results of review into its guidance on appraising policies and projects
From the archives: Peter Unwin on reaching the Kyoto climate change agreement, the problem with super-departments and how best to reform government
02 Jun 2025 Project Delivery
From the archives: Peter Unwin on reaching the Kyoto climate change agreement, the problem with super-departments and how best to reform government

The outgoing chief executive of The Whitehall & Industry Group – and a former senior civil servant in several departments – sits down with Suzannah Brecknell to discuss international negotiations, super departments, and the perils of hierarchies
Departments getting better at evaluating major projects
24 Apr 2025 Project Delivery
Departments getting better at evaluating major projects
One-third of major projects now have a high quality evaluation plan in place, compared to just 8% in 2019
Former DfT director appointed as NISTA chief exec
17 Apr 2025 Project Delivery
Former DfT director appointed as NISTA chief exec
Becky Wood, who joins the new body from EY, was senior responsible officer for Crossrail and other major rail projects
Continuing overspends on major capital projects in Northern Ireland dubbed 'unacceptable'
08 Apr 2025 Project Delivery
Continuing overspends on major capital projects in Northern Ireland dubbed 'unacceptable'
Urgent review of NICS Board needed, NI Public Accounts Committee says as £3bn overspend revealed
Home Office pledges ‘proper due diligence’ for new asylum sites
01 Apr 2025 Project Delivery
Home Office pledges ‘proper due diligence’ for new asylum sites
Former perm sec Matthew Rycroft sets out checks and balances introduced after “dysfunctional” culture that wasted millions of pounds
Government needs ‘ruthless focus’ not ‘everythingism’, think tank argues
26 Mar 2025 Project Delivery
Government needs ‘ruthless focus’ not ‘everythingism’, think tank argues
Reform says belief that all projects and policies can aid all objectives is crippling delivery
DfT says revised business case for HS2 ‘won’t be published until next year’
11 Mar 2025 Project Delivery
DfT says revised business case for HS2 ‘won’t be published until next year’
Department pushes back timelines for responding to MPs’ questions about benefits troubled high-speed rail project will deliver