Finance

Greater clarity over how spending plans relate to departmental objectives would demonstrate government’s commitment to openness, says think-tank

Department is contacting businesses to encourage early enrolment ahead of use becoming mandatory in August

Transparency data puts latest Cabinet Office and DExEU tally at £10m-plus and rising

Latest tranche of departmental cash takes total government spending on Brexit preparations to over £4bn.

Finance secretary announces 3% increase for civil servants earning up to £36,500, but limits higher earners to 2%

Union voices anger that Disclosure and Barring Service project will not be brought back in-house

Department for Transport names Allan Cook as replacement for high-speed rail role

The department has on multiple occasions been forced to deny that it might abandon the project as progress has stalled

House of Lords committee concludes that drive to tackle tax evasion “may have pressured staff to take a more aggressive approach”

Analysis finds Theresa May's proposal would have lowest economic impact

Treasury needs new measures of its own effectiveness in order to drive long-term decision making in government, auditors say

House of Lords select committee says department is “not listening to small businesses”

Public Accounts Committee urges government to up its game for future deals

Chief exec of UK Statistics Authority will retire from role in June 2019

MPs told department will bring forward the publication schedule for public-sector-wide data snapshot at the same time as introducing new IT system

Peers urge chancellor Philip Hammond to drop plans to extend the window in which HMRC can investigate taxpayers’ affairs if they had some tax dealings outside the UK

Philip Hammond heralded an end to austerity, but with growing pressures set to squeeze services further, his Budget can’t meet the public’s expectations

Public Accounts Committee chides department for not going ahead with police funding formula review despite agreeing re-examination was needed

Public Accounts Committee points to rising fraud and error projections amid ‘daunting workload’

Move to improve management of existing private finance deals comes as Philip Hammond rules out signing any more PFI deals

Chancellor says that the funding mechanism does not provide value for money but confirms half of government infrastructure plan will be privately funded

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

Permanent secretary Jon Thompson shares the figures as senior officials tell committee they can’t guarantee no-deal would go smoothly 

The union said it is gearing up to take legal action against every major department that ended check-off provisions