Housing secretary wants to move out of ‘ugliest building in DC’
HUD Secretary Scott Turner is hoping to relocate the agency’s headquarters, which is currently housed in the Weaver building, a Brutalist architecture-styled building that was once ...
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20,000 government credit cards to be frozen
Cabinet Office instructs government departments and agencies to freeze almost all 20,000 credit cards as part of crackdown on wasteful spending.
UK to Cancel Thousands of Government Credit Cards to Cut Costs
The UK government said it would cancel thousands of credit cards used by civil servants as part of Prime Minister Keir ...
Benefits cuts - live: Labour to unveil plan to slash billions from benefit bill amid backbench backlash
Work and pension secretary Liz Kendall set to unveil plans to slash welfare bill by £5bn in benefits overhaul on Tuesday ...
Work and Pensions Secretary sets out overhaul of benefits system
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the current social security system is “failing the very people it is supposed to help and holding our country back”. Ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, MPs ...
Celebrity cutouts and £1,200 coffee pods bought on taxpayer funded credit cards
Thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash has been splurged by civil servants on bizarre items including celebrity cutouts and DJ equipment, it’s been revealed. So-called Government Procurement Cards ...
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Bespoke shoes and escape rooms – credit card spending by civil servants, revealed
Civil service credit cards will be frozen this week under plans to reduce their numbers by 50 per cent and slash Government spending. The Cabinet Office will order almost all of the 20,000 procurement ...
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UK freezes government credit cards in drive for savings
Thousands of government-issued credit cards accounting for hundreds of millions of pounds of spending will be frozen this week, Britain’s Labor government said, as it tries to repair the country’s ...
Why a state-level DOGE is a dreadful idea | Editorial
Plans in the Florida Legislature for a Cabinet-level commissioner of government efficiency are rife with duplicative efforts ...
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Tunisia: Grain Office to build new grain silos with total capacity of almost 120,000 tonnes
Tunis: The Grain Office considers building new grain silos (soft wheat, durum wheat and barley) by 2027, with a total capacity of almost 120,000 tonnes, worth TND 205 million, said OC CEO Salwa ...
Who will stop Trump, if not us?
One would be hard pressed to find a single cabinet member or high-level official who will be courageous enough to stand up to President Donald Trump.
DWP overhaul of benefits system announced - full details
The Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast that spending on health and disability benefits for working-age adults will increase from £48.5 billion in 2023/24 to £75.7 billion in 2029/30.