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    Economics

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    Jeremy Hunt: I had to earn civil servants’ trust after Tom Scholar sacking
    17 Jul Economics

    Jeremy Hunt: I had to earn civil servants’ trust after Tom Scholar sacking

    Jeremy Hunt also speaks about the advice he gave to Wes Streeting and why he's not a fan of "mission-driven" government
    by Tevye Markson
    Ex-John Lewis chair among three new Treasury NEDs
    13 Aug Economics
    Ex-John Lewis chair among three new Treasury NEDs
    Spending Review 2025 recap: Here's everything you need to know
    04 Aug Economics
    Spending Review 2025 recap: Here's everything you need to know
    In conversation with… former Treasury perm sec Lord Terry Burns
    30 Jul Economics
    In conversation with… former Treasury perm sec Lord Terry Burns
    HMRC seeks to reassure MPs over switch to digital tax system
    03 Mar 2016 Economics
    HMRC seeks to reassure MPs over switch to digital tax system

    Treasury committee chair Andrew Tryie warns of "lack of detailed explanation" of how HMRC's Making Tax Digital plans will play out


    Scotland to get separate social security agency when powers are transferred
    02 Mar 2016 Economics
    Scotland to get separate social security agency when powers are transferred

    New Scottish agency will take on running of some payments from the DWP and will be “directly accountable” to Scottish ministers


    HMRC's new chief exec Jon Thompson will report to Edward Troup, Treasury confirms
    29 Feb 2016 Economics
    HMRC's new chief exec Jon Thompson will report to Edward Troup, Treasury confirms

    Treasury perm sec Nick Macpherson says incoming HMRC chief exec Thompson will focus on "spending the money", while executive chair Edward Troup will oversee "strategic, policy and reputational leadership" of the tax authority


    EU referendum row: DWP minister Priti Patel says Jeremy Heywood's guidance on pro-Brexit ministers 'threatens the reputation of the civil service' – as Gus O'Donnell leaps to his defence
    29 Feb 2016 Economics
    EU referendum row: DWP minister Priti Patel says Jeremy Heywood's guidance on pro-Brexit ministers "threatens the reputation of the civil service" – as Gus O'Donnell leaps to his defence

    Eurosceptic employment minister Priti Patel escalates row over civil service impartiality in the run-up to the European Union referendum – but former cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell says guidance issued by his successor Sir Jeremy Heywood last week is "pretty well right"


    Cabinet Office should lose responsibility for official statistics to halt 'deterioration in quality', says Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie
    29 Feb 2016 Economics
    Cabinet Office should lose responsibility for official statistics to halt "deterioration in quality", says Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie

    Senior Tory says Treasury should take the lead on official stats as Cabinet Office and UK Statistics Authority "have been asleep at the wheel"


    Budget 2016: George Osborne says departments could be in line for more cuts
    29 Feb 2016 Economics
    Budget 2016: George Osborne says departments could be in line for more cuts

    "There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent," says chancellor, against gloomy global economic backdrop


    Public Administration Committee asks whether departments' accounts are up to the job
    26 Feb 2016 Economics
    Public Administration Committee asks whether departments' accounts are up to the job

    Pacac says government spends “considerable amounts of money” producing accounts even thought it "not clear that they are of any use to select committees, or to the public"


    Former civil service head Lord Kerslake blasts “demeaning” move to end automatic “check off” of union fees across Whitehall
    26 Feb 2016 Economics
    Former civil service head Lord Kerslake blasts “demeaning” move to end automatic “check off” of union fees across Whitehall

    Lord Kerslake says it is “impossible to see why any fair person would want to remove this very basic service” - and vows to "sing the national anthem" if the government shelves plans to end automatic "check off" of fees from civil servants' pay packets


    MoD's Jon Thompson to lead operational side of HMRC – as second perm sec Edward Troup steps up to new role
    24 Feb 2016 Economics
    MoD's Jon Thompson to lead operational side of HMRC – as second perm sec Edward Troup steps up to new role

    Thompson to succeed Lin Homer as chief executive, while tax specialist Edward Troup to chair the board's executive committee


    BIS Sheffield closure: local MPs condemn department's plans
    23 Feb 2016 Economics
    BIS Sheffield closure: local MPs condemn department's plans

    MPs say closure of BIS Sheffield will result in "loss of vital expertise, shrink the civil service talent pool and reduce the variety of experiences that contribute to policy-making"


    Fight against public sector fraud undermined by patchy departmental data – report
    23 Feb 2016 Economics
    Fight against public sector fraud undermined by patchy departmental data – report

    National Audit Office report says Cabinet Office's Fraud, Error and Debt team is "growing into a centre of expertise" – but warns departmental data is "often variable and not sufficient" to keep tabs on the true scale of public sector fraud


    Treasury criticised by MPs over call to change Office for Budget Responsibility’s independent forecasts
    22 Feb 2016 Economics
    Treasury criticised by MPs over call to change Office for Budget Responsibility’s independent forecasts

    Treasury committee says 2014 intervention by then-chief secretary Danny Alexander “gives the appearance of a minister trying to lean on the OBR”


    HMRC redundancies: PCS union raises strike threat as 150 staff issued with compulsory notices
    17 Feb 2016 Economics
    HMRC redundancies: PCS union raises strike threat as 150 staff issued with compulsory notices

    Public and Commercial Services union mulls industrial action over "unnecessary and inflammatory" compulsory redundancies – but HMRC says it has done "everything possible" to avert the situation


    Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier raises further questions about HMRC’s tax assurance commissioners
    12 Feb 2016 Economics
    Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier raises further questions about HMRC’s tax assurance commissioners

    MP Meg Hillier tells CSW that public confidence in the way HM Revenue and Customs reaches settlement deals with large corporations will be an issue until there is greater transparency


    Public Accounts Committee: Department for Transport still facing rail capability gaps despite pay flexibility
    12 Feb 2016 Economics
    Public Accounts Committee: Department for Transport still facing rail capability gaps despite pay flexibility

    Transport department has improved its ability to let rail franchises, MPs say, but still lacks the capability to manage them, and does not have a “coherent strategic vision” for the rail system


    Public Accounts Committee challenges HMRC chief Lin Homer over Google tax settlement
    11 Feb 2016 Economics
    Public Accounts Committee challenges HMRC chief Lin Homer over Google tax settlement

    HMRC chief executive Dame Lin Homer has told members of the Public Accounts Committee that civil servants should be proud of progress in tackling tax avoidance on the part of large companies



     


    BIS estate to shrink from 80 sites to 'seven or eight', says minister Sajid Javid – as perm sec Martin Donnelly is pressed on Sheffield closure
    10 Feb 2016 Economics
    BIS estate to shrink from 80 sites to "seven or eight", says minister Sajid Javid – as perm sec Martin Donnelly is pressed on Sheffield closure

    90% of business department's sites to close under BIS 2020 programme, says Sajid Javid, as Martin Donnelly calls decision to shut Sheffield office "one of the most difficult" of his career


    Lord Maude to quit frontline politics
    10 Feb 2016 Economics
    Lord Maude to quit frontline politics

    Former Cabinet Office minister leaving trade post "pretty soon" to take on private sector and not-for-profit roles


    IFS: “Volatile” tax revenues could force George Osborne to make further spending cuts
    08 Feb 2016 Economics
    IFS: “Volatile” tax revenues could force George Osborne to make further spending cuts

    Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that “very inflexible” fiscal target could "come at a cost", while rising demand for services and public sector employment costs will make implementing cuts harder


    Government draws fire over “planned” Department for Work and Pensions directorship for Amazon boss
    04 Feb 2016 Economics
    Government draws fire over “planned” Department for Work and Pensions directorship for Amazon boss

    The anticipated decision to give Amazon director Douglas Gurr a non-executive role at the Department for Work and Pensions has been attacked because of the firm’s tax record


    Department for Work and Pensions “evasive” over Universal Credit delays, says Public Accounts Committee
    03 Feb 2016 Economics
    Department for Work and Pensions “evasive” over Universal Credit delays, says Public Accounts Committee

    MPs say they are “disappointed” by lack of clarity over progress on welfare reforms


    MPs question Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ “vague” productivity plan
    01 Feb 2016 Economics
    MPs question Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ “vague” productivity plan

    Productivity plan "must avoiding collecting dust on Whitehall bookshelves" by including concrete measures of success, BIS committee says


    Greg Hands hails “impressive progress” on Treasury’s Financial Management Reform programme
    29 Jan 2016 Economics
    Greg Hands hails “impressive progress” on Treasury’s Financial Management Reform programme

    Chief secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands says his department’s five-strand programme – designed to put finance at the heart of government decision-making – is on course and delivering results


    Civil servants 'unfairly criticised' in Google tax row, says the FDA's Dave Penman
    29 Jan 2016 Economics
    Civil servants "unfairly criticised" in Google tax row, says the FDA's Dave Penman

    FDA general secretary Dave Penman says HMRC staff should not be blamed for internet giant Google’s controversial tax deal


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