Economy

Hammond will also expands off-payroll working rules to the private sector

Chancellor also announces additional funding for Universal Credit after growing pressure 

But MPs hear department's confidence does not extend to no-deal Brexit preparations

Ending austerity in next week's Budget is a 'seemingly impossible task' for the chancellor, the Resolution Foundation said

Customs brokers are worried about whether they will be able to meet extra demand in a no-deal scenario

Permanent secretary Jon Thompson shares the figures as senior officials tell committee they can’t guarantee no-deal would go smoothly 

Haldane's appointment "will give the council authority and independence", business secretary Greg Clark said

Consultation analysis underscores weight of organised opposition to Cameron-era proposals ditched by May regime

Relaxation of local-authority borrowing rules projected to add billions to official figures

May cautioned there would be 'no return to the uncontrolled borrowing of the past'

Whittington will start as director general, energy and security at BEIS on Friday

Ian Ackerley left the world of commercial banking to join NS&I as its chief executive last year. He speaks to Jonathan Owen about the need to turn Britain from being a nation of spenders to a nation of savers