Economics

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’

Alan Evans joins HMRC at a "critical time for the department", says permanent secretary Jon Thompson

Sir David Wright appointed as chair designate, with Electoral Commission head Claire Bassett named as chief executive designate

Hammond will also expands off-payroll working rules to the private sector

Chancellor says that the funding mechanism does not provide value for money but confirms half of government infrastructure plan will be privately funded

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

Furious unions say High Court papers reveal officials misled them on 2018-19 rise