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Budget pledges a further £71m investment in HMRC's frontline operations "to improve the service it provides taxpayers".

Chancellor says: "I’ve made adjustments to my plans to make sure we are going to live within our means"

FDA union chief Dave Penman says pensions move will make make budget cuts "significantly worse” than the chancellor's headline announcements

Plans to end local authority reliance on Whitehall gather pace

Budget document emphasises plan to "move civil servants out of expensive Whitehall accommodation", with Ministry of Justice looking to set up "centres of expertise outside the capital"

 "Departmental efficiency review" will "help deliver a further £3.5 billion of savings from public spending" in 2019-20, says George Osborne

Chancellor pays tribute to "great public servant" – but SNP MPs jeer reference to "impartiality"

Suzannah Brecknell crunches the latest Office for National Statistics figures on public sector employment

Live coverage and reaction as chancellor sets out the 2016 Budget, provided by our colleagues on PoliticsHome.com. CSW will be have the key Whitehall stories and reaction throughout the afternoon

CCS chief Collier says independence of exams watchdog Ofqual "one of the attractions" of taking on chief regulator role – and says procurement background no barrier to doing the job

Weaker growth and delayed sales of government assets expected to contribute to missed target

"The obvious efficiency savings have come through in the early period," says former head of the civil service – as chancellor prepares to outline £4bn of further spending cuts

Former Times health editor on the move to BIS

“Acute hospital trusts are at crisis point,” warns PAC chair Meg Hillier

"We take all allegations of impropriety extremely seriously," says justice minister Andrew Selous

Mutual health insurer CS Healthcare has been hosting health checks to government employees for more than two years. The results of this programme are very revealing.

Microsoft and Capita offer a vision for integrated urgent care

New chief executive brings experience from local government and private sector

Former chief executive of hygiene services firm PHS Group brought in to lead civil service commercial profession

“We are going to have to make further savings equivalent to 50p in every £100 the government spends by the end of the decade,” chancellor tells the BBC

Chancellor George Osborne picks "outstanding civil servant" for the top Treasury post

Outgoing Commissioner for Public Appointments Sir David Normington says impact of planned shake-up of the watchdog outlined by Cabinet Office-commissioned review "would be largely to remove the checks and balances recommended by Lord Nolan 20 years ago"

RPA boss says failings over scheme to pay EU farmers "will live with me for many years" – but says "almost all" outstanding 2015 payments will be made by the end of this month

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee criticise the Cabinet Office for failing to deliver a culture change to protect staff who to raise concerns in the public interest