Economics

Public Accounts Committee says it has "little confidence" sweeping courts reforms can be delivered

CIPFA's policy manager Alan Bermingham takes a look at what the OBR's report on fiscal sustainability tell us about long term government spending – and the picture isn't pretty

Lord Nick Macpherson says select committees should be better resourced to conduct over-arching probes

PACAC describes Manzoni and Treasury admissions on PFI as ‘shocking’

Tax agency says it demanded shutdown of 20,000 “malicious” sites over past 12 months

Sir Simon Fraser says that the lack of an agreed government position on the future relationship with the EU left the UK unable to conduct a negotiation effectively

ICO investigating tax agency after investigation by advocacy group Big Brother Watch 

Cipfa survey also finds three quarters of leaders are “more negative about Brexit now than last year”

Liz Truss to say that she believes there is still greater efficiencies to be made in existing government spending despite budget constraint since 2010

Strategy launched to link up government actuaries, economists, engineers, operational researchers, scientists, social researchers, statisticians and data scientists

Public Accounts Committee warns changes to rules for successor PF2 projects risk repeating past mistakes

David Bunting to leave Border Delivery Group to take on general counsel role on temporary basis

Chancellor Philip Hammond told Cabinet ministers health boost was “extraordinary” one-off outside usual spending review process

Ex-Labour health minister Ara Darzi also proposes creation of "single NHS headquarters" to report to Department of Health and Social Care 

Gill Aitken announces departure as tax department flags up success in battling online fraudsters

Lesley Titcomb announces "difficult personal decision" after Carillion and BHS flak

MPs demand answers after reports the department favours weaker powers than those currently exercised by the European Commission

MPs ask David Lidington to explore whether beefed-up powers and more resources are required as a matter of urgency

Some four million callers were unable to speak to staff in the past year, with wait times and number of complaints rising

Innovative selection process sees three firms picked for 10-year project to support personnel for next-generation Dreadnought Class nuclear submarines

Changes to so-called IR35 rules for “off-payroll” workers boost coffers as ministers mull roll-out to private firms 

Department accused of lacking cost control as affordability gap opens up in 10-year programme

Dave Penman tells union conference conspiracy claims from both ends of political spectrum are a threat to the fabric of Whitehall

MPs urge Defra to admit it has an unmanageable workload and accuse DIT of lacking the capacity to do new trade deals