Finance

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

Public Accounts Committee warns “a lot at stake” with Carrier Strike programme 

Public administration select committee announces new inquiry into risks of outsourcing following collapse of contractor Carillion

Just five local authorities bid for cash from government infrastructure scheme designed to accelerate delivery of on-street power points

Government claims 10-year plan to converge back office services will save millions of pounds

Auditor general Amyas Morse confirms scrutiny plans following request from Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan

Prospect says funding uncertainty puts UK’s world-class defence industry at risk

NAO report warns of stiff competition in recruitment and department’s funding and workload challenges

NAO investigates why department was forced to redraw contracts and increase projected payments to CRCs by £342m

Transparency data reveals pay bands and appointing ministers for Whitehall’s 88 spads

MPs slam department’s weak oversight after company made unauthorised redundancy payouts totalling £1.76m

Union berates department for being forced into the move to comply with National Living Wage

Auditor review of Green Investment Bank privatisation concludes efforts to ensure firm’s liabilities were off the public sector balance sheet could have reduced sale price