Economics

PAC chair questions whether Community Rehabilitation Companies in flagship reform will be able to deliver the promised benefits

Independent report says Northamptonshire has irreparably dysfunctional organisational structure and should be split up

Chancellor says if public finance improvement continues he could increase public spending from 2020

Think tank says chancellor will trumpet lower annual borrowing but report a much bigger deficit than predicted two years ago

Union’s national executive calls for pan-Whitehall dialogue on ending pay cap with threat of national ballot on the strike action

Government “must not be naïve enough to assume that a verbal agreement to maintain the status quo constitutes a watertight guarantee” says select committee

Civil service unions urge politicians to give workers same rights to fair pay that they enjoy

Sacked first secretary of state calls for publication of Brexit analysis as more MPs accuse the Treasury of blocking leave plans

Department consults on revamp of its Public Attitudes Tracker to cover workers’ rights and corporate transparency

Union accuses tax agency of 'throwing IT staff on the scrap heap' as it emerges there may not be room for them in new regional centres

Move follows Public Accounts Committee observation that up-front borrowing could have reduced the cost to consumers of the £20bn Hinkley Point C project

Appointments watchdog publishes advice letter to Ameetpal Gill over contract with Oliver Letwin’s cross-party Brexit initiative

Shadow body overseeing hubs programme and New Property Model expected to go live last year

Vote by parliament to release analysis comes after it was leaked to media

Lombardelli will take up post in April following departure of Sir David Ramsden

PCS vows to fight latest proposals for Civil Service Compensation Scheme and trumpets £50k payouts after High Court victory

PCS calls for pause in programme and more resources for HMRC as it plans for post-Brexit customs landscape

Former Network Rail chief exec and Olympics infrastructure tsar will succeed Andrew Adonis on a permanent basis

MPs get update on outsourced prisons contract as Cabinet Office reports public services are being maintained

Public administration select committee announces new inquiry into risks of outsourcing following collapse of contractor Carillion

Watchdog says department could have to pay nation’s least punctual train operator tens of millions of pounds a year because of changes to its contract requirements

Auditor general Amyas Morse confirms scrutiny plans following request from Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan

Brexit department seeks 35 policy leads and 25 senior advisers on up to £64.5k

Transparency data reveals pay bands and appointing ministers for Whitehall’s 88 spads