Economy

PAC report says tax agency doesn’t yet have money to upgrade customs service and develop contingency option in case of delays

White paper to be published this month will set framework for more balanced economy post-Brexit, says PM

Public Accounts Committee to question tax officials today while union calls for halt of office closures plan 

Theo Rycroft also plays down significance of Oliver Robbins’ move to Cabinet Office

UK’s chief negotiator tells MPs department is in ‘good homework mode’ as Liam Fox confirms 734 new hires since February

Bernadette Kelly asked by MPs to look into “possibility of fraud” over £1.7m made in unauthorised redundancy payments

Political climate makes further departmental spending cuts or higher taxes unlikely, report argues

Institute for Government report says universal pay hike could exacerbate Tories’ political woes amid £10bn spending hole

David Williams tells MPs that Department of Health cannot calculate impact of delays to repairs and maintenance spending

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July 2016 as part of changes announced when Theresa May became prime minister. Civil Service World met Angie Ridgwell and Jaee Samant, the civil servants responsible for the transition programme from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, to reflect on the process. By Richard Johnstone

Campaign group’s FOI compares Whitehall team with US counterparts at July meeting

Devereux to leave government after leading the department through controversial Universal Credit rollout