HMRC estimates fraud in Covid schemes is ‘up to £6.4bn’
21 Jul 2022 Economy
HMRC estimates fraud in Covid schemes is ‘up to £6.4bn’
Annual accounts get qualified sign-off because of pandemic programmes, corporation tax and personal tax credits issues
Pay constraint 'unjust, unwise, and unfair', says Environment Agency chief Exclusive
21 Jul 2022 Economy
Pay constraint 'unjust, unwise, and unfair', says Environment Agency chief
James Bevan says staff are "experiencing real hardship" as inflation bites, with some using foodbanks
Chancellor tells Johnson to go as new education secretary resigns
07 Jul 2022 Economy
Chancellor tells Johnson to go as new education secretary resigns
UK deserves a government that "acts with integrity", Nadhim Zahawi says less than 48 hours after being appointed
Barclay named health secretary and Zahawi becomes chancellor as resignations continue
06 Jul 2022 Economy
Barclay named health secretary and Zahawi becomes chancellor as resignations continue
Barclay's successor as Cabinet Office minister yet to be named
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid resign
05 Jul 2022 Economy
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid resign
Double resignation comes after Simon McDonald says No.10 was "not telling the truth" about Pincher affair
Chancellor's economic adviser says he ‘expects’ to be made redundant
30 Jun 2022 Economy
Chancellor's economic adviser says he ‘expects’ to be made redundant
Tim Leunig announces move to DHSC for six months to work on cancer, mental health and other issues before anticipated job cuts redundancy at Christmas
New cost-of-living tsar called Boris Johnson a 'lame duck PM'
15 Jun 2022 Economy
New cost-of-living tsar called Boris Johnson a 'lame duck PM'
Just Eat boss David Buttress has also said "Boris has to go" and called him a "dead man walking politically"
BEIS picks new Competition and Markets Authority chair
01 Jun 2022 Economy
BEIS picks new Competition and Markets Authority chair
The appointment will end an 18-month search for a new permanent chair
BEIS 'offered open goal to fraudsters’ with Covid loan schemes
19 May 2022 Economy
BEIS 'offered open goal to fraudsters’ with Covid loan schemes
Public Accounts Committee says the department officials failed to properly warn ministers of how severe potential fraud levels might be
Cost of living: Gove dismisses emergency budget speculation as government insists 'money is finite'
11 May 2022 Economy
Cost of living: Gove dismisses emergency budget speculation as government insists 'money is finite'
PM's pledge that "we will be saying more and doing more" to tackle soaring costs does not mean an emergency budget is coming
Queen’s Speech: Government pledges to ‘grow and strengthen economy’ amid cost-of-living crisis
10 May 2022 Economy
Queen’s Speech: Government pledges to ‘grow and strengthen economy’ amid cost-of-living crisis
Speech includes no new measures despite saying ministers understand "how the rising cost of living is making life harder for people"
Ageing DWP IT 'stopped Sunak raising benefits to keep pace with inflation'
10 May 2022 Economy
Ageing DWP IT 'stopped Sunak raising benefits to keep pace with inflation'
Reports claim chancellor was advised that payments of legacy benefits could only be increased once a year
A third of departments set to miss annual report deadline, Treasury says
26 Apr 2022 Economy
A third of departments set to miss annual report deadline, Treasury says
2021-22 reports will include statements on the impact of the pandemic on departmental goals plus a fraud-and-error analysis of Covid schemes
Preferred site for Treasury’s Darlington base revealed
12 Apr 2022 Economy
Preferred site for Treasury’s Darlington base revealed
Former car park is top pick for the exchequer’s northern home
Shapps announces crackdown on ferry firms to combat ‘outrageous’ P&O sackings
31 Mar 2022 Economy
Shapps announces crackdown on ferry firms to combat ‘outrageous’ P&O sackings
HMRC will target resources at companies’ minimum-wage compliance and Insolvency Service will explore Hebblethwaite ban
Spring Statement: Below-inflation civil service pay awards ‘seem a certainty’
25 Mar 2022 Economy
Spring Statement: Below-inflation civil service pay awards ‘seem a certainty’
Union chief says further restraint will be “catastrophic” for public sector workers
Spring Statement: Sunak’s silence on departmental spending ‘signals new squeeze’
24 Mar 2022 Economy
Spring Statement: Sunak’s silence on departmental spending ‘signals new squeeze’
Institute for Fiscal Studies says lack of new cash chips 10% off Spending Review settlements
Treasury to crowdsource ideas from civil servants as part of £5.5bn waste cut plans
21 Mar 2022 Economy
Treasury to crowdsource ideas from civil servants as part of £5.5bn waste cut plans
Winners will be selected this summer and the best ideas will become government policy
British Business Bank chiefs question ex-minister’s claims on Covid loan fraud data
16 Mar 2022 Economy
British Business Bank chiefs question ex-minister’s claims on Covid loan fraud data
Barclays boss tells MPs that HMRC could have given more anti-fraud help
Civil servants accused of ‘paranoid risk aversion’ over Covid support schemes
15 Mar 2022 Economy
Civil servants accused of ‘paranoid risk aversion’ over Covid support schemes
Ex-minister says entire board of British Business Bank should be sacked for Bounce Back Loan failings
DWP does not know what impact ‘chaotic’ Kickstart scheme is having due to lack of basic monitoring
25 Feb 2022 Economy
DWP does not know what impact ‘chaotic’ Kickstart scheme is having due to lack of basic monitoring
Public Accounts Committee says scheme was set up “with good intentions but no proper way of measuring its success”
Government isn’t ‘getting the best’ out of the civil service, Tory grandee says
09 Feb 2022 Economy
Government isn’t ‘getting the best’ out of the civil service, Tory grandee says
Levelling-up agenda will require concerted action to mobilise departments, says former Wales secretary John Redwood
Minister quits over BEIS and Treasury fraud failings
25 Jan 2022 Economy
Minister quits over BEIS and Treasury fraud failings
Cross-government efficiency chief Agnew says he couldn’t get officials to "lift their game"
DIT launches search for ‘next generation’ of trade negotiators
20 Jan 2022 Economy
DIT launches search for ‘next generation’ of trade negotiators
Post-Brexit programme offers up to £35k a year to latest wave of trainees