Planning minister Brandon Lewis has set out proposals to quicken the development of neighbourhood plans as part of further government reforms to encourage housebuilding.
MPs have warned that government employees are less likely to come forward to disclose wrongdoing following the failure of Whitehall departments to protect whistleblowers in the past.
MPs have urged the government to restate its commitment to spending at least 2% of gross domestic product on defence, saying that recent violence in the east of Ukraine and the Russian annexation of...
The new chief executive of the civil service is to be paid up to £200,000 and should have significant private sector experience, according to the job description for the post.
European Union migrants will be unable to claim Jobseekers’ Allowance in the UK for more than three months under plans announced by Prime Minister David Cameron.
MPs have called for a fundamental redesign of benefits designed to help people with health problems and disabilities back into work, warning that flaws in the current system ‘grave’.
The enhancement paid to people who choose to put off claiming the state pension when they reach the pension age is to be cut by almost half, the government has announced.
Policymakers must not neglect passenger transport serving isolated communities in both rural and urban areas, MPs on the transport committee have warned.
The Home Office’s decision to take the UK Border Agency back in-house has led to improvements, although progress in clearing backlogs is variable, auditors said today.
The government persistently miscalculates how much it will lose when it makes students loans, a problem that threatens the long-term viability of the model, MPs have warned.
An urban regeneration company charged with leading the redevelopment of central Birmingham has been established, capitalising on the city’s status as a High Speed 2 hub.
Whitehall’s Efficiency and Reform Group must continue to improve the way it gathers and collates the evidence for government cost savings, the National Audit Office has said.
Michael Gove has left the Department for Education to become chief whip as Prime Minister David Cameron conducts the most wide-ranging reshuffle of his government since coming to power.
The government’s failure to implement a strategic approach to reclaiming the £22bn of debt owed to Whitehall departments and agencies led to public sector borrowing being higher than needed, MPs said...
The government’s sell-off of the Royal Mail amounted to a wealth transfer to foreign governments that raised around £2.5bn less for taxpayers than similar deals in the 1980s and 1990s, a...
The law governing data sharing between public bodies is complex and inconsistent and needs to be simplified and clarified, the Law Commission has said.
Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced a review into the process for government privatisations to examine options for reform following the controversial sell-off of the Royal Mail.