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2 Jul 20
The Cabinet Office has asked for evidence on the fairness in government debt collection.
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18 Jun 20
Bringing back outsourced services from the private sector could improve quality, increase reliability, and save money, according to a report from think-tank the Institute for Government.
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27 Mar 20
Following the Cabinet Office’s decision to waive the rules on payment in advance, PF speaks to Peter Schofield, vice chair of the Local Government Association's national advisory group of public...
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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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3 Feb 20
The Cabinet Office should better focus on what it wants to achieve with a campaign in the future to avoid the same ineffectiveness of the £46m ‘Get ready for Brexit’ promotion, according to the...
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28 Oct 19
England’s shale gas industry has not progressed as quickly as the government had hoped, the National Audit Office has found.
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21 Aug 19
Staff costs at the Cabinet Office have rocketed by 33.9% when comparing April 2018 to April 2019, PF analysis has found.
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9 Aug 19
Current redundancy terms for civil servants will remain in place until at least the end of this year, the government has told the Public and Commercial Services Union.
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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...
2 Jul 20The Cabinet Office has asked for evidence on the fairness in government debt collection.
18 Jun 20Bringing back outsourced services from the private sector could improve quality, increase reliability, and save money, according to a report from think-tank the Institute for Government.
27 Mar 20Following the Cabinet Office’s decision to waive the rules on payment in advance, PF speaks to Peter Schofield, vice chair of the Local Government Association's national advisory group of public...
3 Feb 20The Cabinet Office should better focus on what it wants to achieve with a campaign in the future to avoid the same ineffectiveness of the £46m ‘Get ready for Brexit’ promotion, according to the...
28 Oct 19England’s shale gas industry has not progressed as quickly as the government had hoped, the National Audit Office has found.
21 Aug 19Staff costs at the Cabinet Office have rocketed by 33.9% when comparing April 2018 to April 2019, PF analysis has found.
9 Aug 19Current redundancy terms for civil servants will remain in place until at least the end of this year, the government has told the Public and Commercial Services Union.
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...
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