Economy

Tackling the cultural and organisational changes needed to optimise and improve digital customer experience across the public sector

The civil service’s greatest strength is its people. But are they also its biggest risk?

Lords Economic Affairs Committee says Department for Transport has not made case for why High Speed 2 more 'cost-effective' than alternatives

Amid the furore around HSBC's Swiss operations, FDA general secretary Dave Penman says we should remember that HMRC has had to prioritise in the face of budget cuts

How fiscal devolution will lead to greater asymmetry across the Celtic nations and confuse the Barnett Formula

Courtesy of our colleagues at Dods Monitoring, here's a sector-by-sector summary of the main measures in Chancellor George Osborne's Budget.

Advance sight of a Cabinet Office review into the civil service's LGBT record, another SNP-Whitehall fracas, and feverish Budget speculation make our regular round-up of Whitehall in the headlines

 Vince Cable confirms Ruth McKernan to step into Iain Gray's shoes at business innovation body

Ministers announce low emissions vehicles to be added to government transport fleet

Over 105,000 troubled families have benefited from troubled families programme so far, according to new figures unveiled by communities secretary Eric Pickles

Work and Pensions Committee urges new regulator to stop people being 'ripped off' when changes come into force

PAC chair piles pressure on Rona Fairhead over HSBC tax affairs, but HMRC's Ed Trouper to appear at later date

George Osborne wants to sell the Government's stake in RBS "as quickly as we can" after the general election.

Reports that Equiniti - 51% owners of joint mutual overseeing Whitehall pensions - being sized up for stock market debut or sale

Officials tell MPs the MoD has "locked in" £2.3bn of planned £4.1bn savings from support budget

New HMT and Cabinet Office plan to highlight UK taxpayer funding sparks SNP attack

According to a spokesperson, David Cameron will not pursue an inquiry into HMRC’s handling of HSBC tax files 

Government should focus on working with mutuals and cooperatives rather than outsourcing to private firms, says Jon Cruddas

Organisations have forgotten the value of authenticity – so let’s make 2015 the year to get real

Scientist and entrepreneur Hermann Hauser spoke to CSW about the success of the Catapult Centres 

Major infrastructure projects must be in line with long-term strategy 

Scotland protected from full shock of drop in oil prices by economic and financial union of UK 

Nicholas Macpherson says economic and financial functions should both remain in the Treasury

While Defra prepares for rising global temperatures, Environment Secretary Liz Truss is more immediately focused on trying to warm more tech graduates to the food and farming industries – and engineer a thaw in relations between the Tories and the north