Articles tagged with: Budget 2025
HMRC perm sec says AI adoption won’t reduce staff numbers
15 Jan Digital, Data & Technology
HMRC perm sec says AI adoption won’t reduce staff numbers
John-Paul Marks tells MPs he expects artificial intelligence to “augment” officials’ work rather than lead to redundancy
Reeves sets date for 2026 Spring Statement
23 Dec 2025 Finance
Reeves sets date for 2026 Spring Statement
Chancellor tells OBR to prepare forecasts for publication in early March
OBR chair Richard Hughes quits over Budget-document bungle
02 Dec 2025 Digital, Data & Technology
OBR chair Richard Hughes quits over Budget-document bungle
MPs are told that Spring Statement paper was also accessed early because of “systemic issues”
High tax, low strategy: What the 2025 Budget tells us about the British state
02 Dec 2025 Economics
High tax, low strategy: What the 2025 Budget tells us about the British state
This Budget was another chapter in the story of a state that has not yet learned to think and act strategically
Budget 2025: Pilots will test silo-busting spending allocations
28 Nov 2025 Finance
Budget 2025: Pilots will test silo-busting spending allocations
Mayoral strategic authorities set to trial Total Place-style pooled budgets, Treasury says
Budget 2025: Unprotected departments face cuts ‘close to peak austerity years’, think tank warns
27 Nov 2025 Economics
Budget 2025: Unprotected departments face cuts ‘close to peak austerity years’, think tank warns
Resolution Foundation and Institute for Fiscal Studies assess spending plans at 2025 Budget
Budget 2025: New public sector fraud unit announced
27 Nov 2025 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
Budget 2025: New public sector fraud unit announced
Funding also announced for a new cross-government taskforce and HMRC team to tackle high street crime
Budget: DWP tasked with finding more historic benefits errors
27 Nov 2025 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
Budget: DWP tasked with finding more historic benefits errors
Department will extend Universal Credit Targeted Case Reviews and begin reviewing Pension Credit claims
Budget 2025: Overhauled spending control and accountability framework to 'drive better value for money'
26 Nov 2025 Civil Service Reform
Budget 2025: Overhauled spending control and accountability framework to 'drive better value for money'
Spending approvals processes to be streamlined and GMPP to shrink following Office for Value for Money review
Budget 2025: OVfM ‘did its job’, evaluation finds
26 Nov 2025 Finance
Budget 2025: OVfM ‘did its job’, evaluation finds
Wind-up report says £1.6m temporary Treasury unit delivered on remit
Budget 2025: Treasury announces £1bn 'assets efficiency target'
26 Nov 2025 Finance
Budget 2025: Treasury announces £1bn 'assets efficiency target'
Strategic review will “identify opportunities to monetise assets and address barriers to disposals”
Budget 2025: Departments told to find extra £4.9bn in efficiencies
26 Nov 2025 Civil Service Reform
Budget 2025: Departments told to find extra £4.9bn in efficiencies
New target follows near-£14bn efficiencies committed to for SR25 period
Budget 2025: OBR launches probe after publishing key document early
26 Nov 2025 Economics
Budget 2025: OBR launches probe after publishing key document early
Rachel Reeves says premature release is "deeply disappointing" and a "serious error" by watchdog