Budget 2025: Departments told to find extra £4.9bn in efficiencies
26 Nov Finance

Budget 2025: Departments told to find extra £4.9bn in efficiencies

New target follows near-£14bn efficiencies committed to for SR25 period
by Tevye Markson
OBR chair Richard Hughes quits over Budget-document bungle
02 Dec Finance
OBR chair Richard Hughes quits over Budget-document bungle
Union sounds alarm on Valuation Office Agency ‘integration’ with HMRC
28 Nov Finance
Union sounds alarm on Valuation Office Agency ‘integration’ with HMRC
Budget 2025: Overhauled spending control and accountability framework to 'drive better value for money'
26 Nov Finance
Budget 2025: Overhauled spending control and accountability framework to 'drive better value for money'
Budget 2025: Treasury announces £1bn 'assets efficiency target'
26 Nov Finance
Budget 2025: Treasury announces £1bn 'assets efficiency target'
Strategic review will “identify opportunities to monetise assets and address barriers to disposals”
Budget 2025: OBR launches probe after publishing key document early
26 Nov Finance
Budget 2025: OBR launches probe after publishing key document early
Rachel Reeves says premature release is "deeply disappointing" and a "serious error" by watchdog
Ministers’ own words are instructive on what has to change in the Treasury
25 Nov Finance
Ministers’ own words are instructive on what has to change in the Treasury
HMT is a big beast in need of some housetraining but ministers outside the department also need to learn how to make the Treasury work for them
HMT second perm sec Sam Beckett to depart
14 Nov Finance
HMT second perm sec Sam Beckett to depart
Department offers up to £208,000 for director general position to replace Beckett
MoD’s accounts qualified over capital project concerns and liability figures
05 Nov Finance
MoD’s accounts qualified over capital project concerns and liability figures
Latest annual report shows cost of bullying, harassment and discrimination settlements more than doubled year-on-year
Rachel Reeves says Autumn Budget will 'protect public services from return to austerity'
04 Nov Finance
Rachel Reeves says Autumn Budget will 'protect public services from return to austerity'
Chancellor also pledges to "root out waste wherever I find it" as she warns of "years of economic mismanagement"
DHSC second perm sec to become envoy for northern growth
30 Oct Finance
DHSC second perm sec to become envoy for northern growth
Riordan will work across government departments, with mayors and other external partners to co-develop a plan to support growth and investment across the north
HMRC error means public sector borrowing was overestimated by £3bn
09 Oct Finance
HMRC error means public sector borrowing was overestimated by £3bn
Correction gives Rachel Reeves a boost ahead of next month's budget
DHSC second perm sec appointed as National Wealth Fund NED
02 Oct Finance
DHSC second perm sec appointed as National Wealth Fund NED
Tom Riordan will take on position in addition to role as second perm sec at Department of Health and Social Care
MPs ‘must wait’ for answers to concerns about departments’ tech procurement
25 Sep Finance
MPs ‘must wait’ for answers to concerns about departments’ tech procurement
Public Accounts Committee warned ministers of serious skills and accountability challenges
'Scrape the barnacles from the hull': Ex-chief of defence staff makes 'last throw of the dice' for radical change in MoD
16 Sep Finance
'Scrape the barnacles from the hull': Ex-chief of defence staff makes 'last throw of the dice' for radical change in MoD
MoD must be prepared to “risk public money so as to be more effective and go faster", Admiral Radakin says
NAO: Simple cost-cutting won’t cut it – departments must develop more detailed understanding of costs
15 Sep Finance
NAO: Simple cost-cutting won’t cut it – departments must develop more detailed understanding of costs
Report finds cost information deficit is “barrier” to achieving “ambitious” productivity and efficiency aims set at SR25