Detailed guide: Right to Contest
IntroductionIndependent estimates suggest that the public sector holds around 40% of developable sites and around 27% of brownfield land suitable for housing. Selling central and local government land...
View ArticleNews story: Right to Contest: new plan to speed up sale of public land and...
From today, the public will be able to contest the use of central government land and property and apply for its release Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury will announce. Selling off...
View ArticleCorporate report: Cabinet Office Greening Government performance
Updated: Data for Q2 added.The graphs in the document show the Cabinet Office’s current performance against the Greening Government Commitments. The graphs are updated on a quarterly basis.Transparency...
View ArticlePress release: UK to be the G8’s “most digital government” by next year, with...
The government is on track to save taxpayers £500 million this year by tackling waste and inefficiency in its IT spend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, announced today. The minister...
View ArticleGuidance: Cabinet Office controls guidance version 3.2
Updated: Updated full guidance and annexes throughout.Together with long term structural reform programmes, the Cabinet Office controls are a core component of the work to reduce wasteful expenditure...
View ArticleGuidance: Common areas of spend: data definitions
Updated: Updated 'Common areas of spend: procurement'.The Common Areas of Spend (CAS) work aims to establish agreed standard guidance and definitions by which departments can communicate on operational...
View ArticleGuidance: Business Statements: Office of the Leader of the House of Commons,...
The Business Statements by the Leader of the House of Commons for January 2014.The Business Statement takes place every Thursday morning when the House is sitting, usually at 11.30 am. Statements are...
View ArticleCollection: Business Statements: Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Updated: Added Business Statement page for January 2014.The Business Statement sets out the business of the House of Commons for the following week. This takes place every Thursday morning when the...
View ArticlePolicy paper: National exemption order scheme
Updated: List has been updated with data correct to December 2013.Under current law, the Minister for the Cabinet Office is responsible for the national exemption order scheme for house-to-house...
View ArticleGuidance: Delivering Differently: workshop
The Delivering Differently programme is designed to help local authorities find and implement new, innovative delivery models for local services. To help senior officers consider how their services and...
View ArticleForm: Delivering Differently: expression of interest
The Delivering Differently programme has a £1 million fund to support 10 pioneering local authorities to develop and implement new models for delivering some of their services.Read about the launch of...
View ArticlePolicy paper: Delivering Differently prospectus
Information about the Delivering Differently programme, including details of the fund, guidance on how local authorities can apply and the application criteria.View the expression of interest form.
View ArticleCollection: Delivering Differently: programme for local authorities
Delivering Differently is helping local authorities to transform their services through the use of new delivery models such as mutuals and voluntary organisations.Delivering Differently is a joint...
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office spend approvals
Updated: Added data for Quarter 1 and 2 for financial year 2013-2014.To help tackle the budget deficit, the government introduced a new and ambitious approach to take out costs and waste in central...
View ArticleDetailed guide: Guidance on devolution
Updated: Updated contact details for DWP under Devolution co-ordinator contact details.How devolution affects the way governments workDevolution has fundamentally changed the constitutional...
View ArticleCollection: Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, 2013
The government publishes details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations, gifts (given and received), hospitality and overseas travel on a quarterly basis.
View ArticleNews story: New campaign urges people to be 'Cyber Streetwise'
The ‘Cyber Streetwise’ campaign aims to change the way people view online safety and provide the public and businesses with the skills and knowledge they need to take control of their cyber security....
View ArticleCase study: Civil service apprentice: Ayath Ullah
Ayath Ullah from Central London, aged 19, has an enforcement & compliance role for the Planning Governance & Capability group at HMRC. The Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme, a...
View ArticleCase study: Civil service apprentice: Conor O'Connor
Conor O’Connor from South East London, aged 18, has a policy support role for the International Education Division in the Department for Education. The International Education Division work on all...
View ArticlePolicy paper: UK's work in Afghanistan
This publication explains why the UK went to Afghanistan in 2001 and the work we have undertaken alongside international partners since then. It covers the military campaign, development and...
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