Economy

Work and pensions committee report calls for simplified payment structure and better categorisation of participants

Sir Jeremy Heywood has been at the centre of power in Britain for longer than any prime minister. In a wide-ranging interview, Jess Bowie asks the cabinet secretary and head of the civil service about budget cuts, Whitehall pay, the Chilcot Inquiry – and whether he ever feels like throwing it all in

Lord Adonis to head up new body modelled on the independent Office for Budget Responsibility

Institute for Fiscal Studies gives its assessment ahead of the Spending Review – and warns easier efficiency savings have already been "identified and delivered"

Exclusive: HMRC staff to find out about new network of more specialised regional centres in November as tax authority seeks cut in its number of offices

Former head of the civil service asked by Labour to "review the operation of the Treasury itself" – as shadow chancellor John McDonnell signals major shift in the opposition's economic policy

Robert Chote – reappointed as chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility watchdog – says he is "relaxed" about Treasury suggesting changes to its independent forecasts

The latest Open Budget Survey confirms Britain’s commitment to fiscal transparency, writes the LSE’s Dr Joachim Wehner. But the Treasury must go further to enable detailed public scrutiny of departmental spending

Select committee to question OBR's Robert Chote after e-mails show Treasury seeks changes to wording of draft forecast

Current deputy director for innovation at the Intellectual Property Office, Ceri Witchard, to oversee community interest companies

By taking an agile approach and turning to the public for help with a new property app, the Land Registry scooped last year’s Civil Service Award for Innovation. Colin Marrs finds out more

Opinion: George Osborne’s call for more savings will be tough to meet, but it also offers the chance for a fundamental rethink of the way services are run

Opinion: Robust statistical analysis has to go hand-in-hand with clear communication, says Jonathan Athow of the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Sean Worth argues that BIS, Defra, DECC and the Department for Transport should be merged into a single new department to create a streamlined national infrastructure function

Push for £20bn of departmental cuts begins today - with spending review conclusions to be set out on November 25

Spending watchdog finds problems with department's administration of Common Agricultural Policy payments

Cabinet secretary stresses that spending review will allow departments to make "considered decisions" on "size and shape of their workforces"

Union calls on Scots finance minister John Swinney to reject Chancellor's one per cent public sector payrise cap north of the border

Follow all the action as chancellor George Osborne delivers his latest Budget

Welfare cuts plan will reportedly be spread out over three years

With more cuts to come, Whitehall departments are eyeing productivity gains as a silver bullet

Chancellor says "decision point" reached over government's stake in Royal Bank of Scotland

Chancellor to set out plans for perpetual surpluses and revival of Victorian-era debt commission

There’s plenty more austerity to come – but do plans for city devolution signal a brighter future?