Economics

Thirty three companies take the lion’s share of central government procurement spending, between them receiving roughly £10bn of Whitehall money each year. But who are they? Do they truly understand the public sector? And do civil servants trust them? Rebecca Sims-Robinson crunches the numbers.

Labour to set out election manifesto as shadow chancellor Ed Balls vows 'no compromise' with SNP over deficit

Kate Collyer appointed to the new role of deputy chief economic adviser at the Competition and Markets Authority

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude says £11bn of £20bn annual Whitehall efficiency drive identified, but Labour warns of little room for more 'back office efficiencies' 

Courtesy of our colleagues at Dods Monitoring, here's a sector-by-sector summary of the main measures in Chancellor George Osborne's Budget.

George Osborne has delivered the final Budget of the Parliament at 12.30. Follow all the reaction here with live coverage from our colleagues at PoliticsHome.

NAO chief Amyas Morse warns officials may not be thinking through implications of spending reductions

Advance sight of a Cabinet Office review into the civil service's LGBT record, another SNP-Whitehall fracas, and feverish Budget speculation make our regular round-up of Whitehall in the headlines

Public Administration Select Committee urges greater role for Cabinet Office in planning for the future and ending departmental duplication

George Osborne wants to sell the Government's stake in RBS "as quickly as we can" after the general election.

Former NAO director Mark Babington joins Financial Reporting Council