Economy

Officials tell MPs the MoD has "locked in" £2.3bn of planned £4.1bn savings from support budget

New HMT and Cabinet Office plan to highlight UK taxpayer funding sparks SNP attack

According to a spokesperson, David Cameron will not pursue an inquiry into HMRC’s handling of HSBC tax files 

Government should focus on working with mutuals and cooperatives rather than outsourcing to private firms, says Jon Cruddas

Organisations have forgotten the value of authenticity – so let’s make 2015 the year to get real

Scientist and entrepreneur Hermann Hauser spoke to CSW about the success of the Catapult Centres 

Major infrastructure projects must be in line with long-term strategy 

Scotland protected from full shock of drop in oil prices by economic and financial union of UK 

Nicholas Macpherson says economic and financial functions should both remain in the Treasury

While Defra prepares for rising global temperatures, Environment Secretary Liz Truss is more immediately focused on trying to warm more tech graduates to the food and farming industries – and engineer a thaw in relations between the Tories and the north

PAC chair Margaret Hodge takes aim at Cabinet Office following today’s NAO report on government payment pledge

Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne is due to give his Autumn Statement today (Wednesday 3 December) at 12:30pm. So what can be expected?

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The government plan to invest £15bn in the ‘Road investment strategy’ over the next six years, the transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin (pictured) and chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced this morning.

The Civil Service Club (CSC) could be sold off under Labour to help “pay down the national debt”, Labour announced this week. 

The UK’s system of training and skills provision is growing increasingly out of step with the needs of the modern economy and that change is needed if the UK workforce is to remain competitively skilled, according to new research.

The first national UK shale college was announced by Business, Enterprise & Energy minister Matthew Hancock today. 

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling on businesses of all sizes and in all sectors in the UK to invest in workforce training as a key driver for economic success and improved productivity performance.

The government should introduce five-year spending plans and independent assessments of its infrastructure plans, former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell told an audience at the Royal Statistical Society last month. 

Andy Samuel has been appointed as the chief executive of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).

Poor delivery explains some risk management failures, but there’s a bigger problem: the model has a fatal blind spot

A six week government consultation published this week aims to strengthen the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) capacity to better deal with companies breaking the law over nuisance calls and texts. 

Susanne Baker, senior climate & environment policy adviser at EEF, the Manufacturer’s Organisation

The Tories will continue Whitehall cuts at the same pace for at least two further years if re-elected for another term in office, chancellor George Osborne has announced today.