The Latest Breaking News from the Cabinet Office

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Keir Starmer complains that the government machine is slow to crank into life when he demands action. To prevent his ‘mission-driven’ domestic agenda from being doomed to failure, the prime minister should first get rid of the Cabinet Office, says Andrew Grice

An inquiry found victims, the bereaved and survivors were ‘badly failed’ through incompetence, dishonesty and greed.

The report from the Public Accounts Committee warned there are significant gaps in public sector IT systems, leaving them vulnerable.

Ifthikhar Alam is also charged with fraud over allegedly lying about being the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’.

The government said it had looked into excluding anyone with relevant convictions, but could find no practical way of doing so

THE Cabinet Office's workforce will be slashed by a third as Labour seek to accelerate plans to reform the civil service, the UK Government has…

Another 900 staff will be transferred to other Whitehall departments for ‘leaner and more focused’ state administration

Around 1,200 people will be made redundant

Some 1,200 people will be made redundant and another 900 transferred to other departments under plans announced on Thursday.