Finance

Body offers £149,500 a year for official to oversee work on HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail and nuclear projects

IFS sets out Budget bind in analysis of public finances ahead of 11 March statement

Department chief will oversee a "growing portfolio of financial investments in housing and infrastructure delivery", according to job advert

Big numbers for capital spending in next month’s budget won’t fix decade of austerity, think-tank warns

NAO says department ‘faces delivery and coordination challenges’ when it relies on others deliver public services

Applicants given an additional month to apply to head finance watchdog

Professionals’ union Prospect wades into row over government’s failure to reduce contribution rates following valuations ‘pause’

Cabinet secretary says greater use of automation will allow for better rates 

High Court move will challenge government’s failure to reduce contributions following firefighters' ruling

Report blasts "incomplete and inaccurate" understanding of conditions and flags £916m backlog of major repairs

Mark Thurston leads ranking for second year running as John Manzoni and Mark Sedwill well down list

Appointment will replace Robert Chote, who has led fiscal watchdog since 2010