Economy

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?

As the debate about the benefits – or not – of HS2 rages on, Colin Marrs asks if there’s enough firm evidence to make an informed judgement on this controversial major project

Professor Timothy Richard Dafforn – entrepreneur in residence for synthetic biology – is named as new chief scientific adviser for BIS at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 

John Whittingdale to lead culture department, Amber Rudd gets energy and Sajid Javid moves to BIS, as post-election reshuffle continues

Tackling the cultural and organisational changes needed to optimise and improve digital customer experience across the public sector

The civil service’s greatest strength is its people. But are they also its biggest risk?

Lords Economic Affairs Committee says Department for Transport has not made case for why High Speed 2 more 'cost-effective' than alternatives

Amid the furore around HSBC's Swiss operations, FDA general secretary Dave Penman says we should remember that HMRC has had to prioritise in the face of budget cuts

How fiscal devolution will lead to greater asymmetry across the Celtic nations and confuse the Barnett Formula

Courtesy of our colleagues at Dods Monitoring, here's a sector-by-sector summary of the main measures in Chancellor George Osborne's Budget.