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13 Mar 19
The chancellor has announced that assuming a Brexit deal is agreed and “uncertainty lifted”, he will launch a “full three-year spending review” before the summer break.
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11 Mar 19
A budget committee could add another valuable level of scrutiny to the spend of public money, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
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4 Mar 19
As the date for the UK’s exit from the EU fast approaches, central government needs to give local authorities more long-term certainty, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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28 Feb 19
The Treasury could use the Spending Review to ensure public money is spent as efficiently as possible, says consultant Clive Sparrow.
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19 Feb 19
Without asking people to pay more, the government will have to rein in the public's expectations on what public services they can hope to get, says the IFG’s Graham Atkins.
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11 Feb 19
Local government can expect an “ungenerous” deal in the Spending Review but it maybe be able to raise more in council tax.
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1 Feb 19
This year’s Spending Review will be “make or break” for non-essential local services, council chiefs have warned.
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13 Sep 18
The Treasury is increasingly cut off from local public service leaders and is staffed by young, inexperienced civil servants, a think-tank has warned.
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14 Jun 17
The government should address the pressures on the public sector in an evidence-based spending review, the Institute for Government has said.
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19 Jul 16
The NHS cannot deliver the required services to patients and maintain standards of care within its current budget, a major report has found.
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25 Nov 15
To deliver the reform he wants, George Osborne needs better ways to measure public sector productivity
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25 Nov 15
The school funding system is to be overhauled and sixth form colleges are to be allowed to become academies, exempting them from VAT, chancellor George Osborne has announced.
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25 Nov 15
The Office for Budget Responsibility increased its forecast for government borrowing this year due to the reclassification of housing associations as part of the public sector, but has predicted a...
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25 Nov 15
George Osborne used his Autumn Statement and Spending Review to double the government’s housebuilding budget and increase investment in infrastructure.
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25 Nov 15
Tax credit cuts have been scrapped and the police budget protected, George Osborne has announced in four-year spending plans that will slash Whitehall spending by an average of 19%, less than had...
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25 Nov 15
A £3.8bn increase to the NHS budget next year will give the health service “a fighting chance” of implementing the Five Year Forward View reform plan, experts have said.
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23 Nov 15
The government is to invest a total of £178bn in defence equipment as part of its 10-year Strategic Defence and Security review, which will increase funding by £12bn more than originally...
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23 Nov 15
The quality of public services is set to “plummet” if George Osborne continues with his plans to cut spending, a report by the Trades Union Congress has warned.
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20 Nov 15
The devolution deal we negotiated with government this week is no panacea.
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19 Nov 15
The chancellor will have to maintain a relentless focus on public sector productivity to meet his ambitious plans for public finances.
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17 Nov 15
A total of 11 Whitehall departments have now agreed provisional Spending Review deals with the Treasury, Chancellor George Osborne announced, but the real-terms reductions in spending agreed so far...
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12 Nov 15
Welsh finance minister Jane Hutt has called for Cardiff Bay to be given additional financial freedoms in the forthcoming Spending Review in order to boost infrastructure investment.
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11 Nov 15
There is little disagreement with the principle of government’s plans for devolution revolution in England. But now that the chancellor has begun putting his money where his mouth is, it looks like...
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10 Nov 15
Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell has called for social care and public health funding to be protected in the forthcoming Spending Review, saying to cut these budgets while increasing NHS...
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9 Nov 15
Local government will face a £16.5bn funding gap by the end of the decade if council funding is cut by 30% in this Spending Review, ministers have been warned.
13 Mar 19The chancellor has announced that assuming a Brexit deal is agreed and “uncertainty lifted”, he will launch a “full three-year spending review” before the summer break.
11 Mar 19A budget committee could add another valuable level of scrutiny to the spend of public money, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
4 Mar 19As the date for the UK’s exit from the EU fast approaches, central government needs to give local authorities more long-term certainty, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
28 Feb 19The Treasury could use the Spending Review to ensure public money is spent as efficiently as possible, says consultant Clive Sparrow.
19 Feb 19Without asking people to pay more, the government will have to rein in the public's expectations on what public services they can hope to get, says the IFG’s Graham Atkins.
11 Feb 19Local government can expect an “ungenerous” deal in the Spending Review but it maybe be able to raise more in council tax.
1 Feb 19This year’s Spending Review will be “make or break” for non-essential local services, council chiefs have warned.
14 Jun 17The government should address the pressures on the public sector in an evidence-based spending review, the Institute for Government has said.
19 Jul 16The NHS cannot deliver the required services to patients and maintain standards of care within its current budget, a major report has found.
25 Nov 15To deliver the reform he wants, George Osborne needs better ways to measure public sector productivity
25 Nov 15The school funding system is to be overhauled and sixth form colleges are to be allowed to become academies, exempting them from VAT, chancellor George Osborne has announced.
25 Nov 15The Office for Budget Responsibility increased its forecast for government borrowing this year due to the reclassification of housing associations as part of the public sector, but has predicted a...
25 Nov 15George Osborne used his Autumn Statement and Spending Review to double the government’s housebuilding budget and increase investment in infrastructure.
25 Nov 15Tax credit cuts have been scrapped and the police budget protected, George Osborne has announced in four-year spending plans that will slash Whitehall spending by an average of 19%, less than had...
25 Nov 15A £3.8bn increase to the NHS budget next year will give the health service “a fighting chance” of implementing the Five Year Forward View reform plan, experts have said.
23 Nov 15The government is to invest a total of £178bn in defence equipment as part of its 10-year Strategic Defence and Security review, which will increase funding by £12bn more than originally...
23 Nov 15The quality of public services is set to “plummet” if George Osborne continues with his plans to cut spending, a report by the Trades Union Congress has warned.
20 Nov 15The devolution deal we negotiated with government this week is no panacea.
19 Nov 15The chancellor will have to maintain a relentless focus on public sector productivity to meet his ambitious plans for public finances.
17 Nov 15A total of 11 Whitehall departments have now agreed provisional Spending Review deals with the Treasury, Chancellor George Osborne announced, but the real-terms reductions in spending agreed so far...
12 Nov 15Welsh finance minister Jane Hutt has called for Cardiff Bay to be given additional financial freedoms in the forthcoming Spending Review in order to boost infrastructure investment.
11 Nov 15There is little disagreement with the principle of government’s plans for devolution revolution in England. But now that the chancellor has begun putting his money where his mouth is, it looks like...
10 Nov 15Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell has called for social care and public health funding to be protected in the forthcoming Spending Review, saying to cut these budgets while increasing NHS...
9 Nov 15Local government will face a £16.5bn funding gap by the end of the decade if council funding is cut by 30% in this Spending Review, ministers have been warned.
