''We will encourage people to go to work''
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been outlining plans for radical reform of the welfare system

MoD 'cannot account' for £6bn of kit
Accounts qualified as NAO finds departmental inventory control 'inadequate'

''We need to reform the OBR already''
The ''chequered beginnings'' of the Office for Budget Responsibility are disappointing, says co-founder

Public to choose transparency data
Transparency board welcomes suggestions on which data to make public

Cable 'bigs up' his department
The Business Secretary has been accused of trying to make a 'power grab' from the Treasury

Top government IT staff make pay list
Chief information officers from some major departments get more than the PM

Reapers reach 10,000 flight hours
UAV has provided armed overwatch to British forces since May 2008

Poor procurement ''has wasted £25bn''
There is massive duplication and a constant reinvention of the wheel, says an IoD report

Making the future free
Open access and freedom of information can only bring benefits says inventor of the Web

Government expects Click CEOP use
Minister says he is 'disappointed' by websites not using CEOP's online tool

Invention award nominees announced
Nine countries receive nominations for the European Inventor Awards 2010

Tory academies plan is ''anti-state''
Gove wants new education bill which would end need for schools to consult before becoming independent

False DNA matches could be likely
A DNA pioneer warns the repeated DNA lottery could produce false results

Clegg calls for end to 'legal farce'
Liberal Democrat leader calls for urgent reform to libel law and outlines party's science priorities

1,000th pitch for MoD Dragons' Den
Centre for Defence Enterprise reaches landmark 18 months after opening