Finance

Union’s national executive calls for pan-Whitehall dialogue on ending pay cap with threat of national ballot on the strike action

Report highlights warnings of a ‘crisis-driven’ approach of local authorities increasingly focus on providing core statutory social services

Cabinet Office accounts reveal historic overpayments in amounts handed to former public sector employees

Cabinet ministers have dipped into a special pot set up by former chancellor George Osborne 

Firm says bolstered transparency, a fair dealing ethos and more break-clauses should be introduced in wake of Carillion’s demise

Northern Ireland secretary responds to calls from DUP leader Arlene Foster to intervene in absence of devolved government 

Independent review offers five recommendations to help department deliver aid more effectively

Former chief scientific adviser to government has warned tough post-Brexit migration rules could hamper scientific research

Prime minister has announced the government will consider lowering the £9,250 maximum annual charge as part of wide-ranging higher education report

Details of additional Brexit funding also reveal £1m transfer of funds following Oliver Robbins’s move to the Cabinet Office

Prime minister says that parties must “find a way to work together” so politicians can retake power from civil servants

Transport Select Committee says failure has wider implications for rail franchising 

Union accuses tax agency of 'throwing IT staff on the scrap heap' as it emerges there may not be room for them in new regional centres

Treasury has handed £150m to official receiver for overseeing company’s liquidation, it has been revealed 

Tax agency will move 2,700 staff to second Scottish regional centre by 2021

Department for Work and Pensions update lists offices earmarked for closure in rest of 2018

Union flags webinar frustration as 1,000 staff fear for jobs

Lombardelli will take up post in April following departure of Sir David Ramsden

New programme intended to help ensure government gets what it pays from suppliers, says CCS chief Malcolm Harrison

Brexit minister accused civil servants of undermining EU exit after economic analysis of EU exit leaked

PCS vows to fight latest proposals for Civil Service Compensation Scheme and trumpets £50k payouts after High Court victory

Appointment is one of a number of posts announced in a reshuffle of top roles in the Northern Ireland Civil Service

David Sterling tells MPs he finds it “unacceptable” that Northern Ireland has had no executive for a year

PCS calls for pause in programme and more resources for HMRC as it plans for post-Brexit customs landscape