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24 Mar 20
The Cabinet Office has decided to waive the rules on payment in advance, in a bid to help local authority suppliers stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
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15 Jan 20
Two years on from the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion, Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has accused the government of failing to act on weaknesses in the UK audit system.
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12 Dec 19
The 34 companies the government pays more than £100m a year to for services are likely to benefit from rises in public spending, according to a data firm.
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18 Sep 19
Cross-party MPs agreed that there is a need to broaden the outsourcing provider market and improve transparency of the sector, at an Institute for Government event.
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18 Jul 19
Public sector bodies have been urged to pay outsourced suppliers on time after the sector registered £2.5m in late payments.
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25 Feb 19
More than £100m of government money has been handed to private firms for Brexit planning activities since the referendum, analysis has found.
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28 Jan 19
Fraud and error loss from central government was estimated to have cost up to £20bn in 2016-17, a Cabinet Office report has found.
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12 Dec 18
A top civil servant has played down suggestions that a Carillion-style collapse of Interserve might be imminent.
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19 Nov 18
The government’s response to cyber security threats lacks “a meaningful sense of purpose or urgency”, MPs have warned.
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21 Sep 18
Two councils have secured funding from the government to encourage technology businesses to come up with solutions to improve public services.
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14 Aug 18
Rolling out voter identification measures at a general election could cost up to £20m, government figures have revealed.
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12 Feb 18
The government has made some headway in modernising and keeping up with the digital world but it needs to go further, says Reform’s Sarah Timmis.
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31 Jan 18
The public sector must be “empowered to innovate”, the new Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden said this week.
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17 Jan 18
The government has moved to reassure public sector clients of Interserve that the firm will not follow rival Carillion into collapse.
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15 Jan 18
The Cabinet Office has re-launched a strategy to move government department back office functions to shared cloud networks, following scathing criticism by the Public Audit Committee.
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30 Oct 17
The Cabinet Office has released £100bn of grant data for the first time – but the information still lacks necessary detail, the head of data and transparency at the Institute for...
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18 Apr 17
The decision to hold an early election will offer the opportunity to debate the affordability of long-held policies which affect public finances, according to CIPFA.
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18 Apr 17
Prime minister Theresa May has announced a snap election on 8 June, which she says she has done "reluctantly".
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30 Mar 17
More needs to be done ensure the digital transformation of the government offers value for money, the National Audit Office has said.
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23 Feb 17
The Cabinet Office has unveiled a new set of counter fraud standards and competencies that will help professionalise the practice and assist public servants to protect national resources.
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21 Oct 16
Government departments often have weak or unclear accountability for arm’s length bodies, despite spending £250bn through them every year, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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11 Apr 16
Councils have been invited to apply for the next phase of a public sector scheme intended to cut property costs across local and central government.
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7 Mar 16
Improving government procurement through digitisation could cut cost for the taxpayer as well as tackling some of Whitehall’s past failings.
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17 Feb 16
Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock today confirmed that all public bodies are to be barred from undertaking procurement boycotts of Israel under revised government rules.
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4 Feb 16
Councils will have to publish property rationalisation plans as part of a drive to cut the size of the public sector estate, Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has announced.
24 Mar 20The Cabinet Office has decided to waive the rules on payment in advance, in a bid to help local authority suppliers stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
15 Jan 20Two years on from the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion, Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has accused the government of failing to act on weaknesses in the UK audit system.
12 Dec 19The 34 companies the government pays more than £100m a year to for services are likely to benefit from rises in public spending, according to a data firm.
18 Sep 19Cross-party MPs agreed that there is a need to broaden the outsourcing provider market and improve transparency of the sector, at an Institute for Government event.
18 Jul 19Public sector bodies have been urged to pay outsourced suppliers on time after the sector registered £2.5m in late payments.
25 Feb 19More than £100m of government money has been handed to private firms for Brexit planning activities since the referendum, analysis has found.
28 Jan 19Fraud and error loss from central government was estimated to have cost up to £20bn in 2016-17, a Cabinet Office report has found.
12 Dec 18A top civil servant has played down suggestions that a Carillion-style collapse of Interserve might be imminent.
19 Nov 18The government’s response to cyber security threats lacks “a meaningful sense of purpose or urgency”, MPs have warned.
21 Sep 18Two councils have secured funding from the government to encourage technology businesses to come up with solutions to improve public services.
14 Aug 18Rolling out voter identification measures at a general election could cost up to £20m, government figures have revealed.
31 Jan 18The public sector must be “empowered to innovate”, the new Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden said this week.
17 Jan 18The government has moved to reassure public sector clients of Interserve that the firm will not follow rival Carillion into collapse.
30 Oct 17The Cabinet Office has released £100bn of grant data for the first time – but the information still lacks necessary detail, the head of data and transparency at the Institute for...
18 Apr 17The decision to hold an early election will offer the opportunity to debate the affordability of long-held policies which affect public finances, according to CIPFA.
18 Apr 17Prime minister Theresa May has announced a snap election on 8 June, which she says she has done "reluctantly".
30 Mar 17More needs to be done ensure the digital transformation of the government offers value for money, the National Audit Office has said.
23 Feb 17The Cabinet Office has unveiled a new set of counter fraud standards and competencies that will help professionalise the practice and assist public servants to protect national resources.
21 Oct 16Government departments often have weak or unclear accountability for arm’s length bodies, despite spending £250bn through them every year, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
17 Feb 16Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock today confirmed that all public bodies are to be barred from undertaking procurement boycotts of Israel under revised government rules.
4 Feb 16Councils will have to publish property rationalisation plans as part of a drive to cut the size of the public sector estate, Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has announced.
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