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National Audit Office questions financial planning for keeping top institutions in good repair

Treasury sets out areas of focus for review and pledges to lead the world in linking cash to outcomes

Chancellor says government will boost R&D spending to £22bn a year by 2024-25

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

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

Previous governments' underspending shows that without the right skills, departments won't be able to deliver infrastructure reforms, IfG says

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

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

Funding plan will maintain scheme to help families with complex needs, ministry announces

The argument for government to use business cases is they force a structured conversation about spending, says Andrew Greenway. This is a good idea, but where government puts its money is based on belief as well as analysis

Letter to Senior Salaries Review Body also confirms impact of tax on pension contributions by top officials is under review

Think tank concludes that Conservative spending plans are closer to Labour’s 2017 election pledges than their own proposals

The government’s one year Spending Round has brought very little security to departments. But it does recognise that government much be more strategic

Department says data does not prove Universal Credit is to blame for rise in food bank usage, despite previously acknowledging possible link

Treasury is “too focused on ‘managing the numbers’" and not on impact of spending, IfG says

Chancellor confirms spending pledges made since Boris Johnson became prime minister, and says all departments will see day-to-day spending increase in line with inflation

Bernadette Kelly writes to NAO to provide departmental support for its inquiry into scheme as transport sec sets out cost hikes