A new contract for Civil Service learning and development will be the first cross government contract to mandate that the majority of business is open to competition between other businesses in the supply chain.
A new contract for Civil Service learning and development will be the first cross government contract to mandate that the majority of business is open to competition between other businesses in the supply chain.

ICT services now available to public sector organisations through online marketplace.

A determination to keep eradicating waste in Whitehall has put the Government firmly on track to make around £5 billion in cash savings this year Francis Maude announced today.
The Cabinet Office and NESTA today announce the first 15 investments to be funded from the £10million Innovation in Giving Fund.
A delegation of ministers makes an official visit to the Vatican to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the Holy See in 1982.
The Government is today calling on voluntary, business and public sector organisations to play their part in running National Citizen Service (NCS) schemes in a market that could be worth up to £110 million by 2014.
Francis Maude delivered a speech at an Institute of Directors ‘Big Society and the City’ event at Portcullis House on 20 February 2012.
Baroness Varsi made a speech in the Holy See on 14 February 2012.
Read Francis Maude's keynote speech: 'Tackling financial loss in Government: fraud, error and debt'