Economy

George Osborne's successor at the Treasury says his fiscal approach will involve "recognising the need for investment"

The Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Institute for Government, and the Chartered Institute of Taxation say the UK's tax system suffers from "too little sense of direction, consultation or evaluation"

Offer to unions on civil service redundancy shake-up could come as early as today, CSW understands, as Treasury sets out broader reform "framework"

A “health check” on more than 70 UK regulators has found fewer than one-third have any policy on staff taking up jobs with the firms they oversee

Department for International Trade director general John Alty promises would-be Trade Policy Group staffers a “tremendously exciting time” in Brexit fray

Civil servants are famed for their analytical skills, but debts, deficits and downturns can still be perplexing concepts. David Tyrrall from the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy offers a handy primer on the basics of national accounting – and busts a few myths on the way

Downing Street source says prime minister Theresa May is "100% committed" to HS2 despite departure of Britain's highest-paid civil servant

Civil service network seeks to build pan-Whitehall expertise in areas such as payment-by results and agent-based modelling

Council chiefs urge greater say in DWP's replacement for the Work Programme

Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie wants a return to publishing Treasury analysis that shows how policies will impact household incomes

Latest bid to change the culture of the civil service sees 4,000 top officials asked questions on their background

Former Labour minister Nick Raynsford, a key player in setting up the Greater London Authority, tells CSW that civil servants and ministers are still reluctant to let go of powers