Finance

Government Property Unit releases numbers as Labour announces policy to nationalise private finance initiative contracts

Cabinet Office accounts reveal big hike in spending on interim workers to ensure key programmes are delivered

Shadow health secretary said Cabinet Office and Treasury would work together to review contracts

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour is working on policy implementation plans that could be handed to civil servants

Report predicts continued public sector pay restraint will lead to recruitment issues for employers of London-based, highly skilled workers

Sir David Norgrove slaps down foreign secretary for "clear misuse of officials statistics"

Department’s most senior tax professional announces retirement at the end of the year

Agency says small firms make up two-thirds of businesses on £330m framework to supply Government Hubs Programme

Move part of scoping exercise for post-Brexit trading arrangements, MPs told

Jon Thompson says department’s accounts will be need to be “qualified” for as long as tax credits exist

Prison Officers Association rejects pay boost, as more public sector trade unions moot industrial action

Select committee chair seeks evidence base for “unfair” Staircase Tax

Cabinet Office to boost payments made under 2016 scheme after High Court challenge, but Manzoni moots replacement

NHS Professionals to remain in wholly public ownership after bidding process abandoned 

Cabinet Office says year-on-year hike from £29.7m to £73.6m is evidence of increased scrutiny

IfG review on boosting cross-government functions highlighted civil service 'must tackle perception that policy trumps specialisms' for career progression

New policy will base increases on cost of living while keeping public spending budgets in balance, says Nicola Sturgeon

Chancellor insists improved transport links in north is top priority but criticised for lack of clarity

Public sector areas with retention issues, such as senior civil servants, expected to be among first to get a pay rise

Lord Nick Macpherson in talks with UK Finance just 18 months after an 11-year stint as top Treasury official, according to reports

Department for Education recruits successor to Peter Lauener, who is to retire following merger of two funding bodies

New owner Macquarie has changed GIB’s name to overcome regulatory barriers to overseas investments

Latest ONS data shows UK weekly earnings fell by 0.5% in real terms in the 12 months to June 2017

Chapman, who has called for the creation of a new centrist party, says Treasury staff “could be running any multinational company they wanted”