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Chancellor hints at changes to the way the self-employed are taxed once crisis is over to ensure “all pay in equally in future”

IFS says a job-matching scheme could provide staffing boost in priority areas like the NHS and supermarkets

Steven Dick worked as the deputy head of mission in Hungary

Business and employee support schemes open for business this week

Online drive blamed for tens of thousands of potentially bogus requests, says National Audit Office

Cabinet Office and DfE reveal list of occupations where people will still be able to send their children to education settings

Lack of action leading to a “year of wait and see”, warns rail industry

Treasury sets out areas of focus for review and pledges to lead the world in linking cash to outcomes

Chancellor puts figure on number of officials expected to move, as departments develop relocation plans ahead of Spending Review

Plans to merge the Treasury and No.10 teams of political advisers have led to questions about where power lies in the centre of government. Richard Johnstone seeks answers

Department to explore ‘merits of a mandatory approach’ across Whitehall

Move comes after reports that procurement in ministry was a key plank of Dominic Cummings’s reform plan for the civil service

New ‘economic campus’ will be one of three new offices announced in the Budget, says chancellor

Call to open appraisals process to the National Infrastructure Commission ahead of possible Budget boost

Cabinet Office seeks supplier to fulfil two-year contract

Unions say payments should be cut by 2% in long-running row over pause in pension valuation

FDA calls for ‘rapid and thorough’ independent inquiry into allegations against home secretary after Rutnam's 'extraordinary' resignation

Emergency committee meeting planned after PM visits hospital to discuss preparations for treating virus

FDA union says divorcing spads from ministers means the role essentially becomes a policy adviser recruited outside impartiality rules

Breakdown of talks would lead to increased customs checks, policy paper says

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

Lynne Owens, director general of the National Crime Agency, is one of the most important figures in UK law enforcement. She tells Richard Johnstone how her drive to help people at their most vulnerable took her to the top of her profession.

 Former cab sec and home secretary advise officials to resolve disputes behind closed doors in letters to The Times

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

Applicants given an additional month to apply to head finance watchdog

Prospect survey concern that staff will not be involved in decisions about how future tech is implemented

Site in Sunningdale will be turned into homes and retirement apartments

DfE perm sec confirms move on Twitter as he hosts annual conference

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

Pierce will succeed Sir Kim Darroch, who stood down following leaks of diplomatic memos

CDO will build on work to overhaul internal systems

Mike Driver is heading up the government finance function at a time when civil servants’ skills are under unprecedented scrutiny. He tells Richard Johnstone about how he plans to improve diversity of thinking

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’