Finance

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

Package will increase spending in areas including infrastructure and broadband as well as health funding

Civil service mainstay Prospect warns new work and pensions secretary not to raise retirement bar

Civil service union says new government must address ‘uncompetitive’ wages in Whitehall

FoI request reveals civil servants acknowledge “wrong call” in £8m cash announcement before local elections

Plan for hung parliament set out as polls show election race tightening

Think tank urges next government to focus on finding “long term solution” to health and care funding pressures

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon says government will no longer plan on basis of maintaining current limit for public servants

Influential research institute says main parties’ policy proposals – including on public-sector pay – mask the real choices facing the nation and their consequences

UK Statistics Authority says NHS Improvement does not have to publish quarterly performance figures before general election