All posts tagged "spending review"

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  Call to rewire UK government Spending Review process to create ‘always on’ approach

  A radical overhaul of how the UK government runs its Spending Reviews is needed to make sure government funding decisions are more responsive and provide real-time information on public service

  • Posted July 1, 2025
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  UK Budget raises taxes by £40bn – but government departments must still make efficiency savings

  UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged there will be no return to austerity as she set out the first Labour budget since the party came to power – but government

  • Posted October 31, 2024
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  Leading through ambiguity and getting inspiration from America and Australia: Five minutes with Public Service Data Live speaker Fiona James of the ONS

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders who will speak at Public Service Data Live in London on 14

  • Posted September 10, 2023
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  UK chancellor announces largest departmental spend increase ‘this century’

  Spending by UK government departments is to grow by £150bn (US$206bn) over the period to 2024-25. UK chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the increase in his Budget and Spending Review today,

  • Posted October 27, 2021
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  Government must be more ambitious on devolution and investment to ‘level up’ the UK

  The government needs to invest more in people – not just infrastructure – and distribute power away from the centre to address regional inequality, writes Anna Round of the Institute

  • Posted December 10, 2020
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  UK chancellor Rishi Sunak must ensure the cut to foreign aid is temporary

  Opinion: As the UK retreats from its pledge to spend 0.7% of GDP on overseas aid, the public finance professionals’ body CIPFA is urging ministers to revive the commitment as

  • Posted November 27, 2020
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  UK spending review delay leaves defence and security in limbo

  The UK government’s decision last week to postpone its planned multi-year comprehensive spending review (CSR) has raised concerns about the implications for the Integrated Review (IR) of Security, Defence, Development

  • Posted October 28, 2020
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  UK government promises digital progress metrics after critical report

  The UK has pledged to develop a “robust” set of metrics to measure the progress of digital initiatives, following a highly critical report which found the government’s digital agenda has

  • Posted October 28, 2019
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  Automatic pay rises taken from British civil servants

  UK civil servants are to be stripped of automatic pay rises linked to the length of service under new radical plans announced by the country’s finance ministry this week. Despite

  • Posted July 23, 2015
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