David Cameron could inherit a dysfunctional Whitehall machine unable to deliver his programme if he wins the general election, a damning report into the state of the civil service under Gordon Brown concludes

David Cameron's most senior advisers are "exasperated and appalled" by the custom and practice of Whitehall, a committee of MPs has found.

David Cameron's team of policy strategists is being "embedded" in Whitehall departments to fashion a "happy narrative" of reform from an austere spending review

Much excitement in the Tory supporting blogs over a report in the News of the World claiming that prescription charges are to be reintroduced in Wales. Where did the paper get this story from? A senior Whitehall source The Welsh experience over the past 10 years is that Whitehall has been unaware of devolved policies even after they have happened. A Whitehall source knowing what the Assembly is go...

The independence of the civil service has "become an excuse for zero accountability", according to a hard-hitting report on Whitehall's performance.

David Cameron has promised a shift in power from government to the people today as Whitehall departments published business plans setting out what they intend to do and how voters can hold them accountable for it.

Full marks for the claims of David Cameron to have torn away the cloak of secrecy from Whitehall's rich list of 170 people earning more than £150,000, writes Sue Cameron

Budget cuts in Whitehall to restore the Government's finances could hamper Britain's plans to help fragile nations emerging from war and conflict, a report warned today.

Before you demand more blood, consider the often moving account given by a Whitehall insider of what happened in Downing Street following the 1974 election, writes Sue Cameron

Whitehall departments including the Ministry of Defence face painful cuts of more than 10 per cent in their budgets because of the decisions in the pre-Budget report.