The government’s four-year plan to cut public spending by £20bn will be published on 25 November, George Osborne has announced, with unprotected Whitehall departments being asked to...
Developing the role of finance professionals in government so they can act as partners across Whitehall will be critical to securing value for money in the next spending review, a report has...
Families with disabled people have been most affected by government’s spending cuts and tax and benefits changes since 2010, an analysis carried out for the Equality and Human Rights Commission has...
The civil service must begin preparations for the post-election Spending Review in 2015 now to ensure planned public spending cuts can be delivered, the Institute for Government has said.
As the June Spending Review extends austerity cuts across government, ‘smart skills’ will be essential for Whitehall finance staff to address the challenges
The proposed national eligibility threshold for social care is to be based on the current ‘substantial’ need level used by councils, care minister Norman Lamb has announced.
The man who promised to 'intervene before breakfast, lunch and dinner' is back, and demanding a new local growth plan. Lord Heseltine talked to Judy Hirst ahead of the Spending Review
The government will fund or guarantee £300bn of capital spending by the end of the decade, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced.
Public sector pay rises are to be limited to an average of 1% in 2015/16, the chancellor confirmed today as he set out plans for that year in his Spending Review.
Welfare spending is to be capped to control the overall cost of the benefit bill from April 2015, Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Spending Review.
The Spending Review provided evidence that the coalition is starting to think more radically, and attack some tougher fiscal targets. There must be no let up in this approach
Education and health emerged as relative winners from today's Spending Review, with the chancellor pledging an overhaul of the school funding system and reaffirming the government’s commitment to the...
Local authorities face a further two years of the council tax freeze and a 10% budget cut in the Spending Review for 2015/16, Chancellor George Osborne has said.
The government’s Troubled Families Programme is to be expanded to provide targeted help to an extra 400,000 households at risk of suffering from a number of social problems, the Treasury has...
Funding for local bus services should be protected in Wednesday’s Spending Review, MPs said today. The Environmental Audit Committee said spending on buses was vital to ensuring that people were able...
There is no need to limit this week's Spending Review to one year or to have it so early. These decision are caused by the desire of the two coalition parties not to tie themselves together ahead of...
Having severely cut Departmental Expenditure Limits, the Chancellor promised in the Budget to cap Annually Managed Expenditure. He should go further in the Spending Review and rethink the DEL/AME...
Another six Whitehall departments, including the Home Office, have reached agreement with the Treasury on spending cuts for 2015/16 ahead of the June 26 Spending Review, it has been announced.
More than 40% of council chief executives and leaders now fear Whitehall funding reductions will lead to frontline service cuts, a dramatic increase on the 2% who voiced these worries a year ago,...
Local government could face cuts of up to 12% in the forthcoming Spending Review if the government decides to lessen the pain doled out to the Home Office and Ministry of Defence, the Institute for...
