Finance

Biggest civil service union targets Marsham Street after £3m DWP payout

PCS, the biggest civil service union, blames "maladminstration" for payment errors

Government announces country will continue to take part in key programmes

Figures in Labour and Conservative manifestos could give an "unclear impression" of future spending on schools, UKSA says

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

Party’s spending pledge on pay for public servants intended to “undo the damage caused” by pay cap, says Jeremy Corbyn

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

Una O’Brien urges public to hold politicians to account for repeated failings in next month’s election

The head of the National Audit Office has set out his priorities for the role in an exclusive interview with The Civil Service World Podcast

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

Analysis of policies drawn up as part of policy planning, government confirms

FDA and Prospect unions criticise minister's call for pay recommendations to be "affordable"

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

MPs applaud departmental drive to secure longer-term funding to tackle poor maintenance

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

Interim perm sec Jim Harra tells MPs he believes the agency’s debt recovery approach is “reasonable”.

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