Liz Truss has criticised the role of institutions and blamed the “anti-growth coalition” for failing to implement her tax-cutting agenda during her short stint as prime minister last year.
A minister has not disputed that the Treasury does not have confidence in her department’s ability to spend public money well, according to a senior MP.
The Treasury has said the forecast it will receive from the Office for Budget Responsibility in October will not be published until late November, resisting calls to release it earlier in an attempt...
The chancellor’s statement was a bold change of direction but it creates challenges for Whitehall and local government, says principal consultant at Metro Dynamics and former senior policy adviser at...
The chancellor’s reset at the Treasury will need more than a new permanent secretary to succeed, according to former senior policy adviser at the Treasury and current principal consultant at Metro...
Changes to the current Public Works Loan Boards lending terms should avoid “unintended consequences” that harm regeneration projects, CIPFA has warned.
The upcoming Spending Review will be driven by speeding up decision-making through the greater use of data, according to chief secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.
The Treasury has announced a further round of gilt sales, taking the planned 2020-21 total to £385m – more than double the amount anticipated in March’s Budget.
HMRC and the Treasury lack understanding of the effectiveness of tax reliefs while the cost of providing them has grown by 5% over five years, the public spending watchdog has warned.
The chancellor Sajid Javid has set 11 March as the date for his first Budget promising a “decade of renewal” but the timing has sparked backlash from the Scottish government.
Transport ministers will urge the Treasury to provide councils with longer-term funding in the next Spending Review to deal with the huge number of potholes on local roads.
The government’s failure to engage with local government before hiking Public Works Loan Board interest rates was “completely unacceptable”, the shadow communities secretary has told PF.
An enhanced Spending Review process, increasing departmental accountability for performance and strengthening transparency can make the Treasury more effective, according to the Institute for...
