Operational Delivery

UK2070 commission calls for 20-year commitment to Shared Prosperity Fund and radical decentralisation of funding

IFS sets out Budget bind in analysis of public finances ahead of 11 March statement

Digital department also reveals work to “understand and address the issues with legacy IT in government”

Site in Sunningdale will be turned into homes and retirement apartments

Department’s second perm sec will be responsible for HMRC’s operations and deliver transformation plan

CDO will build on work to overhaul internal systems

Emma Howard Boyd calls on new watchdog to engage widely and not focus “just at those seen as doing ‘environment’”

Cabinet Office team working with ministries to identify roles ‘that do not meet our criteria for requiring a London base’

Proportion of money spent with small firms continues to rebound

PM rules out accepting EU rules in exchange for post-Brexit trade deal as both sides set out negotiating plans

Move comes ahead of forthcoming government reshuffle and plan to make post ministerial role

Grant Shapps vows to 'undo the damage' of 1960s Beeching rail cuts with £500m fund to reopen axed lines