Economy

Highways England, Network Rail and HS2 will be expected to justify performance-related-pay awards to ministers

Now in its fifth year, the Competition and Markets Authority is more active than ever in its efforts to enforce the rules of the marketplace and protect consumers against unfair trading practices. Chief executive Dr Andrea Coscelli sits down with Geoffrey Lyons to discuss Brexit planning, the UK auditing shake-up, and learning from experience

Checklists sent to businesses as Defra announces more ports can handle imports of rare species

National Audit Office recognises progress but says ‘significant’ time and budget challenges remain

Appointment follows Johnson pledge for "thorough review" of the charge

Bernadette Kelly writes to NAO to provide departmental support for its inquiry into scheme as transport sec sets out cost hikes

Spending Round is unlikely to direct additional money to the public services most in need, according to Institute for Government

Ten-member team to report on case for controversial £55.7bn project by December

Chancellor Sajid Javid says there is no time to delay as he announced auto sign up scheme

Former civil servant Steve O'Neil takes a fresh look at the appliance of science at the heart of government

Treasury announcement shows departments could be expected to make further cuts

Sajid Javid opens spending taps to boost border and customs operations, medical supplies and public information in no-deal Brexit

Overpayments estimated at £1.46bn are 'highest rate since 2011-12' annual report reveals

Infrastructure and Projects Authority reveals Brexit may be improving project delivery across government through more efficient ways of working

Damning report says department has yet to “get a grip” on the troubled trans-capital rail line

Benefits agreed in £33m Eurotunnel settlement “little more than window dressing”, MPs say

Annual report also details declining spending on consultants and temporary staff

Department has “no real understanding” of how well £12bn of pump-priming cash is being used, MPs warn

Problems affected ‘a very small number’ of the 350,000 businesses now signed up for digital platform, according to perm sec

Public Accounts Committee says department lacks detailed implementation plan for delivering policy

£940,000 bill does not include VAT or cost of departmental officials' time

After working on some of the first “green investment” schemes in the 1990s, Emma Howard Boyd has relished the chance to get closer to the action as chair of the Environment Agency. But, she tells Mark Smulian, she’s still keeping a keen eye on the money, as the agency strives to protect communities and businesses as well as people and plants

Department would draw up plans for multi-billion pound "shared prosperity fund", Stewart says