Finance

Interim perm sec Jim Harra tells MPs he believes the agency’s debt recovery approach is “reasonable”.

Union says there is a need for increased funding across government to resolve "systemic" pay problems

NAO finds £32.7m of public spending so far, but BEIS says full calculation of costs to back shale gas extraction would not yet be "meaningful"

Think tank concludes that Conservative spending plans are closer to Labour’s 2017 election pledges than their own proposals

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

Harra takes over from Sir Jon Thompson, who has moved to the Financial Reporting Council

Stats watchdog says department has failed to answer questions about how the pledge will be funded

Chancellor will say work to improve UK infrastructure ‘must start here and now’

New boss sought for Treasury body that manages investments from Royal Bank of Scotland to Channel 4

Alison Pritchard also sets out vision for closer working with HM Treasury on next Spending Round

Government chief commercial officer says guidance will help officials "work towards eliminating modern slavery" in supply chains

Treasury is “too focused on ‘managing the numbers’" and not on impact of spending, IfG says