Government Tax Profession

Institute for Government call follows Matt Hancock’s Conservative Party conference pledge of an extra £240m

Relaxation of local-authority borrowing rules projected to add billions to official figures

“We do not share your optimism" that HMRC will be ready for a no-deal Brexit, PAC chair Meg Hillier told perm sec Jon Thompson

Department “cheated police officers out of the pay increase they should receive” says Police Federation chairman 

May cautioned there would be 'no return to the uncontrolled borrowing of the past'

New digital services will help Defra protect against environmental hazards and improve communication, it said

Whittington will start as director general, energy and security at BEIS on Friday

White paper expected later this year to set out details of plan to end free movement of people once the UK leaves the European Union

“We may need to do more to ensure that the levy supports the development of the skilled workforce our economy needs,” chancellor Philip Hammond said

The Department for Education comfortably exceeded the target, but the Ministry of Justice among those below target

Senior shadow cabinet figure Andrew Gwynne revealed his concerns about central government to deliver Labour’s policy platform

Report also found increasing concern that public bodies are not well aligned with the work of their sponsoring department