Finance

MPs say Cabinet Office, Treasury and Major Projects Review Group have questions to answer over bungled payment-by-results reforms

Creation of a cash strategy group led by the department will ensure the public still have a choice over how they spend their money, says chancellor

Members of the public who provide “exceptionally helpful information” on tax evasion can receive payments, HMRC says

Single-department settlements if the Spending Review is delayed would "pre-empt what should be a proper balancing discussion", chancellor insists

International trade secretary Liam Fox approves doubling of UKEF cover for exports despite warnings move would fall outside established risk framework

Budget Committee could prevent fiascos like NHS IT programme, says Public Accounts Committee veteran

Three year review "inappropriate" until withdrawal deal is concluded, says chancellor

Union chief accuses Treasury chief secretary of "dog whistle" tactics over pay-off ceiling as Treasury launches consultation

Courts programme boosts justice department's consultants bill

Chancellor says it would be "odd" to expect all departments to see funding rise, despite his claim that austerity is ending

MPs call on department to set out consequences faced by officials for £17.6bn rail project’s late running

All-party group demands perm sec Jon Thompson clarifies key questions on controversial remedy to tax-avoidance measure

CDC is doing too little to ensure the billions it invests have maximum impact, ICAI says

Committee says department’s refusal to engage on key site for Richmond House redevelopment could also add £350m to project cost

Research indicates two-thirds of flagship programme’s participants have seriously considered quitting because of their salary

Setting out her vision for the upcoming Spending Review, Truss said the Treasury would “prioritise ruthlessly”

All party group of MPs says HMRC’s approach “is a direct cause of the acute anxiety and stress people subject to the loan charge are experiencing”

Whitehall’s biggest union urges members to capitalise on government disarray in pending strike ballot

Jon Thompson warns “that tone of some of the debate around the loan charge, and the spreading of unconfirmed rumours, risks creating additional concern for vulnerable customers”

Single Departmental Plans to reflect on departments' performance against the framework from 2019-20

 

The Scottish government said the chancellor should use today's spring statement to "provide a proportionate amount of additional finance and flexibility to Scotland "

Revised public value framework will underline Spending Review focus on value for money, Hammond said in his Spring Statement

Consultation seeks views on whether the UK should develop its own infrastructure finance institution after Brexit

Probe set to report on potential for openness over who is buying tranches of multibillion pound loanbook