Economics

Parties “seem all too willing to bend or even break their own fiscal rules before they’ve even got started”, report finds

Contraflow scheme was activated amid preparation for a possible no-deal exit from the EU, just as government requested a Brexit extension

Party manifesto promises "the days of Whitehall knows best are over" as it pledges white paper on English devolution

Manifesto pledges include resurrecting department for climate change and creating a chief secretary for sustainability role in HM Treasury

Tax agency offers tips to avoid scams ahead of 31 January deadline

Report warns plan to hire 20,000 extra police will ramp up sentencing, prisons and probation work

Transport for London and department need up to £650m more to complete late-running project

Independent assessment will look at department’s quality management approach after longstanding double-counting issue

Cabinet Office says pre-election guidance applies to all civil servants and NDPB staff

Shadow chancellor announces resurrection of government regional offices and a Treasury unit to oversee new Social Transformation Fund to be based outside the capital

Treasury to publish report in 2020 setting out how costs of net-zero carbon emissions target should be distributed

Letter to Senior Salaries Review Body also confirms impact of tax on pension contributions by top officials is under review

NI pay offer "totally unacceptable" in continuing absence of a functioning executive, NIPSA says

Announcement comes after Harra vows to overhaul pay at the tax authority

Administrator sheds light on the scale of overpayments to pensioners first revealed by CSW this summer

Union says move is “height of hypocrisy” for ministers who legislated to make industrial action more difficult

Union says there is a need for increased funding across government to resolve "systemic" pay problems

NAO finds £32.7m of public spending so far, but BEIS says full calculation of costs to back shale gas extraction would not yet be "meaningful"

PCS says strike threat prompted creation of dozens of Universal Credit-related jobs

Think tank concludes that Conservative spending plans are closer to Labour’s 2017 election pledges than their own proposals

Harra takes over from Sir Jon Thompson, who has moved to the Financial Reporting Council

Update predicts messaging service efficiencies will be £10m a year less than before

New boss sought for Treasury body that manages investments from Royal Bank of Scotland to Channel 4

Alison Pritchard also sets out vision for closer working with HM Treasury on next Spending Round