Finance

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”

Authorities demand funding assurances and guidance on replacement materials

Jobcentre workers begin two-week strike over controversial closure plans

Union calls for Whitehall employers to seek out departed staff and pay additional settlements after successful High Court challenge to revised Civil Service Compensation Scheme

Annual report of the National Offender Management Service says additional overtime payments were needed to address staffing pressures

Paul Caldwell confirmed as permanent head of troubled Defra distribution arm

But Cabinet Office agrees to formal review of pay system for Senior Civil Service

Furious reaction over Philip Hammond's suggestion that staff enjoy “10% premium” over private sector counterparts

Agency’s annual report says it will miss its target for identifying and preventing losses in the tax credits system for a second year running

The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee finds the Donmar’s new musical Committee a fair and compelling portrayal of the hearing on the collapse of Kids Company 

Controversial element of so-called ‘Project Fear’ assumed no policy response to a leave vote, says NAO

Firms representing 40% of central government procurement spending agree to quicken payments to tackle £26bn backlog

Civil servants in Northern Ireland have been taking spending decisions for more than three months following deadlocked talks to create a new power-sharing executive

Public and Commercial Services union say ending the cap only for professions covered by pay review bodies would not be acceptable

Plan would allow pay review bodies to recommend increases above 1%, which means it might not apply across the civil service