Economics

Comments from NHS England chief executive prompt former Treasury permanent secretary Nick Macpherson to warn of a "bottomless pit" on health service funding

Internal message to HM Revenue & Customs staff – seen by CSW – acknowledges that its estate overhaul will save less than expected, but dismisses talk of a major rethink as "just wrong"

NAO chief says it is time for the department to “step back and consider” its estates strategy as HMRC acknowledges its plans to close most offices will take longer, cost more, and save less than expected

Sir Nicholas Macpherson says his Treasury predecessor was "instrumental in pulling the country back from the brink in 1976"

Former chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee appointed in multi-agency role aiming to tackle workplace exploitation

Local Government Association says measures announced by communities secretary Sajid Javid are “nowhere near enough” to alleviate pressure on key services

New report says prime minister must move quickly if she is serious about domestic policy pledges

National Audit Office report on Crown Commercial Service blames failure to achieve forecast procurement savings on “overambitious targets, poor planning, inadequate data and lack of buy in”

 

But think tank warns that ministers could jeopardise its success by scaling back resourcing or attempting to widen its scope too much

HMRC’s Jon Thompson and MoD’s Stephen Lovegrove shed light on what the end of guided distribution will mean for staff, as Prospect union and the Public Service People Managers' Association give their take on getting performance management right

Prime minister suggests civil servants are reluctant to speak their own minds to her and blames Whitehall for creating the acronym “JAMs”

HMRC job ad says London Office will be moving to Canary Wharf as a "transitional site in summer 2017"

Agency “has no contingency plan” for lower-than-predicted uptake of digital tax plans, Public Accounts Committee warns

New recruit be responsible for managing a £50m annual IT budget

Former chief executive of the Office of Rail and Road has also been Defra and Home Office chief economist

James Stewart becomes the latest senior departure from the Government Digital Service, as he makes the case for IT spend controls

Spending Review 2015 plans "will remain in place", says the new chancellor – but departments will be able to reinvest some of their 2019/20 savings

Land Registry "will remain in the public sector", Autumn Statement confirms, as PCS hails campaign victory

"Brexit will be a true test of whether SDPs are fit for purpose", says the Public Accounts Committee

Former top officials warn against centralisation of power with the finance ministry on eve of chancellor Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement

Government efficiency targets have only made the financial position of NHS bodies worse, warns the National Audit Office

This year's People Survey provides a snapshot of morale at Whitehall's newest organisations: the Department for Exiting the European Union, the Department for International Trade, and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Matt Foster crunches the numbers

HMRC says Concentrix staff moving in-house are being given fresh training, as it confirms earlier-than-planned end to controversial fraud and error deal

Union research shows Grade 6 staff have seen a 16% pay cut in take-home pay since 2011, amid warnings that rises at lower grades will fail to keep pace with the National Living Wage