Finance

Committee raises alarm over loss of European Investment Bank funding stream

Unions cry foul over delay to pensions boost but Truss says Court of Appeal decision could have £4bn annual impact 

Public Accounts Committee demands clarity on how Whole of Government Accounts will present EU exit spending

Public Accounts Committee also said the department lacked teeth when it came to dealing with failing academy trusts.

Liz Truss says that zero-based review of capital projects  could see some major projects "junked"

Greater clarity over how spending plans relate to departmental objectives would demonstrate government’s commitment to openness, says think-tank

Department is contacting businesses to encourage early enrolment ahead of use becoming mandatory in August

Transparency data puts latest Cabinet Office and DExEU tally at £10m-plus and rising

Latest tranche of departmental cash takes total government spending on Brexit preparations to over £4bn.

Finance secretary announces 3% increase for civil servants earning up to £36,500, but limits higher earners to 2%

Union voices anger that Disclosure and Barring Service project will not be brought back in-house

Department for Transport names Allan Cook as replacement for high-speed rail role

The department has on multiple occasions been forced to deny that it might abandon the project as progress has stalled

House of Lords committee concludes that drive to tackle tax evasion “may have pressured staff to take a more aggressive approach”

Analysis finds Theresa May's proposal would have lowest economic impact

Treasury needs new measures of its own effectiveness in order to drive long-term decision making in government, auditors say

House of Lords select committee says department is “not listening to small businesses”

Public Accounts Committee urges government to up its game for future deals

Chief exec of UK Statistics Authority will retire from role in June 2019

MPs told department will bring forward the publication schedule for public-sector-wide data snapshot at the same time as introducing new IT system

Peers urge chancellor Philip Hammond to drop plans to extend the window in which HMRC can investigate taxpayers’ affairs if they had some tax dealings outside the UK

Philip Hammond heralded an end to austerity, but with growing pressures set to squeeze services further, his Budget can’t meet the public’s expectations

Public Accounts Committee chides department for not going ahead with police funding formula review despite agreeing re-examination was needed

Public Accounts Committee points to rising fraud and error projections amid ‘daunting workload’