Barton: FCDO needs new funding model
19 Nov 2024 Economy
Barton: FCDO needs new funding model
Department will require hundreds of millions of pounds more after 2026-27, perm sec says
'The Treasury acted within the law’: Bowler defends officials over Spring Budget preparations
07 Nov 2024 Economy
'The Treasury acted within the law’: Bowler defends officials over Spring Budget preparations
Perm sec says previous budget framework put more onus on OBR to ask questions than HMT to provide information on its own initiative
OBR chair predicts 'challenging' 2025 Spending Review for departments
05 Nov 2024 Economy
OBR chair predicts 'challenging' 2025 Spending Review for departments
Richard Hughes tells MPs that unprotected departments will be facing real-terms cuts of 1% towards the end of the decade
Budget: Reeves faces backlash from health and care services over NI hikes
01 Nov 2024 Economy
Budget: Reeves faces backlash from health and care services over NI hikes
GPs and hospices say failure to include them in "public sector compensation" arrangements will have dire consequences
‘Shameful’: Budget decision to reduce foreign aid slammed
01 Nov 2024 Economy
‘Shameful’: Budget decision to reduce foreign aid slammed
Government also criticised for lack of reform to ODA spending rules
Budget: Unprotected departments facing 1.4% cuts from 2026, IFS warns
31 Oct 2024 Economy
Budget: Unprotected departments facing 1.4% cuts from 2026, IFS warns
OBR chair says frontloading of departmental spending allocations is "remarkable"
Budget: Departments' day-to-day spending to rise 1.5% in real terms
30 Oct 2024 Economy
Budget: Departments' day-to-day spending to rise 1.5% in real terms
Total departmental spending will rise by an average of 1.5% a year over the next five years, chancellor announces, with higher rises in the next two years
Office for Value for Money to play key role in SR25 as first-year saving plans confirmed
30 Oct 2024 Economy
Office for Value for Money to play key role in SR25 as first-year saving plans confirmed
Chancellor confirms David Goldstone as first chair of new body which will carry out value for money assessments of high risk spending
Hunt goes on attack ahead of OBR report on last government's spending plans
29 Oct 2024 Economy
Hunt goes on attack ahead of OBR report on last government's spending plans
Ex-chancellor says watchdog's impartiality – and that of the civil service – is at risk in letter to cabinet secretary
Budget: Reeves confirms she will change fiscal rules to boost investment
25 Oct 2024 Economy
Budget: Reeves confirms she will change fiscal rules to boost investment
Debt measurement tweak could give government headroom for around £50bn of extra investment
Budget: Reeves says all department spending settlements have been agreed
23 Oct 2024 Economy
Budget: Reeves says all department spending settlements have been agreed
Chancellor is reportedly seeking to plug a funding gap of £40bn in next week's budget
DWP watchdog seeks 'urgent reassurance' over pension credit capacity
21 Oct 2024 Economy
DWP watchdog seeks 'urgent reassurance' over pension credit capacity
Social Security Advisory Committee raises concern about department's ability to process pension credit claims "in a timely way” and potential impact on winter fuel payments