Economics

Auditor general Amyas Morse confirms scrutiny plans following request from Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan

Brexit department seeks 35 policy leads and 25 senior advisers on up to £64.5k

Transparency data reveals pay bands and appointing ministers for Whitehall’s 88 spads

Heywood and Manzoni salary bands remain unchanged from last year, but the number of government staff earning £150,000 or more rises 13%

Union berates department for being forced into the move to comply with National Living Wage

Watchdog MP Meg Hillier slams two-year time-lag that has seen millions of pounds spent on services from an "inadequate" provider

Auditor review of Green Investment Bank privatisation concludes efforts to ensure firm’s liabilities were off the public sector balance sheet could have reduced sale price

Government response to Public Accounts Committee report also confirms consultation plan for new regime to tackle unpaid VAT by online marketplaces

Post-implementation evaluation admits many employers see new system as a burden

Think-tank analysis identifies concessions on residency rights, a £39bn bill on the ‘never-never’, and hand-tying assurances on Northern Ireland in draft agreement

 Public Accounts Committee criticises departments' “business as usual” assumption for 2019 and berates pace of pan-Whitehall Border Planning Group 

Tax agency has signed a 25-year lease on London office for 3,800 staff

DExEU perm sec insists analysis has “huge value” despite criticism that it does not amount to full impact assessments

Union’s national executive agrees to prepare for statutory strike ballot

Tax collection agency picks internal candidate as Edward Troup retires

Association of Revenue and Customs warns government not rely on “goodwill” to deliver £155m recovery package with no progress on pay

Chancellor Philip Hammond set to respond to Sir Michael Barber’s proposals in Wednesday’s Autumn Budget

PAC report says tax agency doesn’t yet have money to upgrade customs service and develop contingency option in case of delays

Former Post Office and MoJ man Neil Hayward replaces Peter Gregory at DfT firm

HMRC staff reviewed 73,000 stopped or amended tax-credit claims and closed a further 181,000 cases after meltdown of outsourced fraud-and-error checking contract

White paper to be published this month will set framework for more balanced economy post-Brexit, says PM

Public Accounts Committee to question tax officials today while union calls for halt of office closures plan 

Reform think tank argues for greater devolution of powers to buy healthcare, employment, skills and offender management services