Economics

Public Accounts Committee demands clarity on how Whole of Government Accounts will present EU exit spending

Liam Fox targets South Korea, Canada, Israel and Colombia counterparts at Davos as Brexit clock ticks

Cabinet Office minister unpacks vision for driving government use of emerging technologies

Public Accounts Committee questions Gareth Davies about his time as a board member when Haiti allegations emerged

The prime minister admitted the NHS funding boost announced last year would mean “less room for manoeuvre” in other areas of public spending.

Liz Truss says that zero-based review of capital projects  could see some major projects "junked"

Greater clarity over how spending plans relate to departmental objectives would demonstrate government’s commitment to openness, says think-tank

Department is contacting businesses to encourage early enrolment ahead of use becoming mandatory in August

Latest tranche of departmental cash takes total government spending on Brexit preparations to over £4bn.

Strategy aims to standardise household recycling and introduce weeky food waste collections

May postpones vote as a group of MPs says it is “disappointed” in the Treasury's forecasting of the economic impact of Brexit

Brexit select committee also seeks continued scrutiny role following mooted machinery of government changes

Union voices anger that Disclosure and Barring Service project will not be brought back in-house

Department for Transport names Allan Cook as replacement for high-speed rail role

House of Lords committee concludes that drive to tackle tax evasion “may have pressured staff to take a more aggressive approach”

Treasury needs new measures of its own effectiveness in order to drive long-term decision making in government, auditors say

House of Lords select committee says department is “not listening to small businesses”

Former Department for International Trade chief says there is no evidence of global deals being struck to rival current EU relationship

Public Accounts Committee urges government to up its game for future deals

Chief exec of UK Statistics Authority will retire from role in June 2019

MPs told department will bring forward the publication schedule for public-sector-wide data snapshot at the same time as introducing new IT system

Peers urge chancellor Philip Hammond to drop plans to extend the window in which HMRC can investigate taxpayers’ affairs if they had some tax dealings outside the UK

Philip Hammond heralded an end to austerity, but with growing pressures set to squeeze services further, his Budget can’t meet the public’s expectations

Public Accounts Committee points to rising fraud and error projections amid ‘daunting workload’