Further to my earlier report on George Osborne's plans to introduce financial incentives for civil servants to save money, the shadow Treasury team and Francis Maude have just launched plans to "stop the Whitehall spending supertanker". David Cameron was present...

Senior civil servants could be sacked for wasting public money, under plans to improve the quality of public spending unveiled by the Tories today. George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, said that a Conservative administration would write a new "fiduciary responsibility" into Whitehall mandarins' employment contracts requiring them to manage taxpayers' money wisely. In a speech, he said ...

Several Whitehall departments have fallen short of giving the Treasury "doomsday scenario" plans for spending cuts, in a move that is likely to anger George Osborne, the Chancellor.

George Osborne is going to “reform the Treasury”, it is reported. Oh dear, we’ve been here before haven’t we? Harold Wilson gave it a good go, innumerable others have tried and failed too and Gordon Brown “reformed” the Treasury so much that it became a government within a government. That was a consequence of Brown’s determination that every piece of policy should be micro-managed by his departme...

The Treasury will be one of the first government departments to implement cutbacks amid plans by George Osborne to reduce staff numbers by a quarter.

Treasury sources have denied that an MP swore at George Osborne, the chancellor, over the EU referendum.

When George Osborne and Vince Cable start to rebuild the economy, they will have the help of some high-powered advisers and City heavyweights.

Responding to George Osborne's BBC interview, Labour's Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne MP told Labour Matters: What is clear from tonight's interview is that George Osborne will say anything to distract attention from the fact that he would cut SureStart and cut schools spending. It is utterly misleading for Osborne to claim that the Prime Minister prevented the Tories ge...

Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to George Osborne's plans to cut tax credits for middle earners today said: "George Osborne or his deputy are either deceiving us on axing middle-earners' tax credits - or they're each pursuing completely different policies. "Philip Hammond has promised to save £400 million from cutting back tax credits. ...

Surely the logic of the government's position means that George Osborne should be arrested. In the PBR debate he all but confessed to being in receipt of leaks when he said "we know" about government plans to push VAT up to 20%. He has had the jump on the Treasury brief more than once, he is clearly conspiring with a mole public official. Seize him... UPDATE : What does Robert Peston think of thos...