Economics

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