Ability to move a task and/or an approval to an alternative status such as In progress, or Waiting for more info - would be really useful.

And for this information to viewable on the homepage.

This will enable people to manage their actions more efficiently. And save them having to keep opening them if they know they are 'on hold' for some reason. For example the web team have been sent a number of actions ahead of tax year end - and they need to wait until 6 April to action them, If they could mark them to a pending state it will save them from constantly opening to review them.