Economics

Chancellor Philip Hammond set to respond to Sir Michael Barber’s proposals in Wednesday’s Autumn Budget

PAC report says tax agency doesn’t yet have money to upgrade customs service and develop contingency option in case of delays

Former Post Office and MoJ man Neil Hayward replaces Peter Gregory at DfT firm

HMRC staff reviewed 73,000 stopped or amended tax-credit claims and closed a further 181,000 cases after meltdown of outsourced fraud-and-error checking contract

White paper to be published this month will set framework for more balanced economy post-Brexit, says PM

Public Accounts Committee to question tax officials today while union calls for halt of office closures plan 

Reform think tank argues for greater devolution of powers to buy healthcare, employment, skills and offender management services

Tax authority announces recruitment for top tax post will be limited to existing civil servants

Sinn Féin and DUP given two weeks to agree new power-sharing deal or face Westminster intervention on budget

Geoffrey Lyons reviews two books on debt by men who had key roles following the financial crisis

Institute for Government report says universal pay hike could exacerbate Tories’ political woes amid £10bn spending hole