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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
Stinging report by the Public Accounts Committee says government funding to the collapsed charity was “never seriously questioned, let alone stopped”
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
Geoffrey Spence to step aside as Infrastructure UK merged with major projects watchdog
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
Cross-government SDSR to be unveiled two days before the Spending Review
Public Accounts Committee says it is surprised DfE "did not take a stronger leadership role" in support for care leavers amid "disappointing service provision"
Shaun Kingsbury tells the Environmental Audit Committee that time is right to hand coalition-era bank to the private sector – but E3G warns against “rushed privatisation”
Report by the National Audit Office spending watchdog finds that charity received £46m of public funding over 15 years
Public Accounts Committee calls for greater focus on preventing over- and underpayments
Work and pensions committee report calls for simplified payment structure and better categorisation of participants
Camila Batmanghelidjh tells MPs there has been an "enormous amount of leaking from government offices" over charity's financial management
Business secretary tells MPs that axing Department for Business, Innovation and Skills would be a "step backwards". But he asks: "Do we need 80 locations?"
Justice secretary Michael Gove tells MPs that Just Solutions International – the commercial arm of the National Offender Management Service – will abandon deal to advise Saudi Arabia on running of prisons
National Audit Office to investigate decision to grant £3m to beleaguered charity after warning from then-Cabinet Office perm sec Richard Heaton
Director general for civil service reform to take up post as Home Office’s second permanent secretary, with responsibility for immigration and free movement
New watchdog the Single Source Regulations Office seeks to overhaul MoD deals with single-source contractors
Public and Commercial Services union makes "strong representations" to tax authority about "timescale and process" of 90-day talks, which department says may result in compulsory redundancies
Exclusive: Tax authority says it will aim to "avoid the need for compulsory redundancies" when 90-day process opens next week
Charity has reportedly told the government it will close in spite of latest £3m Cabinet Office grant
Redundancy pay cap unveiled by ministers – but unions warn of impact on workforce management
Study carried out by advisory firm Deloitte suggests public sector still feeling lack of "culture, skills, governance and leadership" on digital
Scathing report on prisons estate from Nick Hardwick blames deterioration on staff shortages, over-crowding and "misguided policies"
What do David Cameron’s changes at the centre tell us about his government? Jill Rutter from the Institute for Government analyses the new team around the PM