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In short, this spending review is actually only about a fraction - about 41p in every pound - of government spending. You can break it down further, by the way.
The spending totals implied by this spending review are nothing like those implemented by the coalition government between 2010 and 2015. You get a sense of this when you look at total public spending ...
Spending review's key points at a glance From the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Transport and the Home Office, here are the main announcements from Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced budget increases for some departments, including a £29 billion annual injection for the NHS, but others will see cuts. What was announced in the Labour Spending ...
Spending Review assumes councils will hike tax by up to 5% each year Council tax is expected to rise by 5% a year to pay for local services, documents in the Spending Review suggest.
The spending totals implied by this spending review are nothing like those implemented by the coalition government between 2010 and 2015. You get a sense of this when you look at total public spending ...
The current 2025 spending review takes place in two phases – the first of which concluded at the 2024 autumn budget when spending plans for 2024/25 and 2025/26 were confirmed. Phase two, will ...
The chancellor’s spending review focus on investment in schools gives Britain’s children the chance of the best possible start in life, writes Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson ...
The spending review sets out how government budgets will grow by an overall average of 2.3% per year across the period 2023/24 to 2028/29 – but this figure masks some sharp differences between ...
This spending review may be of major significance for public services for years to come. Or it may be replaced by annual budgets, as we've seen in the past, making different decisions depending on ...
They’re betting, it seems, on big infrastructure projects. The spending review will contain £113 billion in capital spending – money for prison construction, housebuilding, rebuilding schools, and ...