Economy

Employers will not be required to report gender pay gaps for 2018-19, though the government Equalities Office will still offer support to any companies wishing to submit data

Full details of new range of powers across five key areas

Steps to tackle ‘economic emergency’ let out in Downing Street press conference

Chancellor Rishi Sunak to set out economic measures this afternoon

As the UK’s largest provider of broadband, mobile, and fixed-line services, BT sees itself as an institution and a company combined. Director of government relations Simon Godfrey sits down with Geoffrey Lyons to discuss the global telecoms giant’s role in the UK economy and why the public and private sectors ought to work more closely together

Scandal-hit Renewable Heat Incentive scheme was “project too far” for Northern Ireland officials

Lack of action leading to a “year of wait and see”, warns rail industry

Civil service union claims victory as Sunak finds £2bn to tone down ‘tax trap’ that counts pension contributions as income

Budget will also set out details of measures to tackle coronavirus outbreak

New ‘economic campus’ will be one of three new offices announced in the Budget, says chancellor

Call to open appraisals process to the National Infrastructure Commission ahead of possible Budget boost

Body offers £149,500 a year for official to oversee work on HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail and nuclear projects

Breakdown of talks would lead to increased customs checks, policy paper says

Cabinet Office and now-defunct DExEU top list of ministries with the fastest-turning revolving doors

IFS sets out Budget bind in analysis of public finances ahead of 11 March statement

The Conservative Party’s newfound interest in the north of England could be a game-changer for civil servants. Or it might just be a passing fad

Big numbers for capital spending in next month’s budget won’t fix decade of austerity, think-tank warns

Since his early days as a journalist, Robert Chote has been holding the government to account for its handling of public finances. Now, towards the end of his 10-year statutory term as chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, he sits down with Geoffrey Lyons to discuss his career, the OBR’s role, and November’s cancelled budget. Photography by Baldo Sciacca

NAO says department ‘faces delivery and coordination challenges’ when it relies on others deliver public services

Glass Wharf will house 1,650 tax-collection agency staff

Chris Whitty says NHS has to prepare for 2% mortality rate but reality could be much less

Ministers also reveal package of funding to boost bus travel and cycling across England as part of transport package

Report blasts "incomplete and inaccurate" understanding of conditions and flags £916m backlog of major repairs

Cabinet Office says handful of departments will pilot Conservative manifesto pledge, commencing in weeks