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19 Mar 19
Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
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15 Mar 19
A government programme to improve cyber security in the UK could go over deadline as it is running out of money, the spending watchdog has warned.
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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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26 Nov 18
The Treasury’s focus on controlling public spending in the short term risks value for money over the long term, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
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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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31 Aug 18
The National Fraud Initiative has saved the government more than £300m across the UK over the past two financial years – a record since the exercise began.
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25 Jun 18
Cabinet Office minister David Lidington has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to outsourcing, at a speech to the Reform think-tank this morning.
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23 May 18
The government has spent at least £239m on 26 inquiries since 2005 but does not monitor their effectiveness, the official public spending watchdog has revealed today.
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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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5 Dec 16
Draft legislation that will pave the way for the creation of a single public service ombudsman has been laid before parliament.
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4 Nov 16
The government has called on councils and other public sector bodies to join the Cabinet Office’s National Fraud Initiative after a review found it had saved almost £200m in two years.
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17 Oct 16
The government has reported significant progress towards meeting transparency targets laid out in its open government action plan, according to an examination of progress.
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12 Oct 16
Half of all councils in England are now part of the government’s One Public Estate programme following the latest expansion of the property sharing scheme, the Cabinet Office has announced.
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14 Sep 16
Innovative approaches and collaborations to tackle public sector fraud have been recognised at the inaugural Government Counter Fraud Awards.
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22 Apr 16
Poor government planning of Whitehall staffing requirements is leading to an increase in spending on temporary staff that represents a waste of taxpayer money at a time of deficit reduction, the...
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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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13 Jan 16
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has accused some Whitehall departments of “playing fast and loose with taxpayers’ money” after a report found spending on consultants and temporary staff...
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7 Jan 16
The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
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22 May 15
Performance-related pay for civil servants and a ‘more porous’ border with the private sector will be introduced to Whitehall over the next five years, Cabinet Office minister Matthew...
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25 Mar 15
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has set out plans to increase the transparency of government outsourcing contracts by introducing a presumption in favour of disclosing information, including...
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11 Aug 14
A programme to develop civil servants’ project management skills has been established by the Cabinet Office as part of government moves to improve the performance of major taxpayer-funded schemes.
19 Mar 19Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
15 Mar 19A government programme to improve cyber security in the UK could go over deadline as it is running out of money, the spending watchdog has warned.
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.
26 Nov 18The Treasury’s focus on controlling public spending in the short term risks value for money over the long term, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
31 Aug 18The National Fraud Initiative has saved the government more than £300m across the UK over the past two financial years – a record since the exercise began.
25 Jun 18Cabinet Office minister David Lidington has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to outsourcing, at a speech to the Reform think-tank this morning.
23 May 18The government has spent at least £239m on 26 inquiries since 2005 but does not monitor their effectiveness, the official public spending watchdog has revealed today.
15 Jan 18The 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.
5 Dec 16Draft legislation that will pave the way for the creation of a single public service ombudsman has been laid before parliament.
17 Oct 16The government has reported significant progress towards meeting transparency targets laid out in its open government action plan, according to an examination of progress.
22 Apr 16Poor government planning of Whitehall staffing requirements is leading to an increase in spending on temporary staff that represents a waste of taxpayer money at a time of deficit reduction, the...
7 Jan 16The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
22 May 15Performance-related pay for civil servants and a ‘more porous’ border with the private sector will be introduced to Whitehall over the next five years, Cabinet Office minister Matthew...
25 Mar 15Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has set out plans to increase the transparency of government outsourcing contracts by introducing a presumption in favour of disclosing information, including...
11 Aug 14A programme to develop civil servants’ project management skills has been established by the Cabinet Office as part of government moves to improve the performance of major taxpayer-funded schemes.
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