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22 Nov 2021 Finance

'Miles away from conveying the necessary radicalism': Priority outcomes one year on

Martin Wheatley asks: how seriously should we take the Treasury’s renewed interest in what public spending achieves?

23 Dec 2020 Finance

‘There was exceptional teamwork and rigour’: Head of the government finance function Cat Little reflects on her first Spending Review in 2020

2020 was a year unlike any other, with the coronavirus pandemic upending the work of government and changing how we live our daily lives. Senior figures from across the civil service tell us how the unprecedented 12 months affected them, and look ahead to 2021

30 Nov 2020 Digital, Data & Technology

HMRC and Home Office the big winners as spending review commits £600m to ‘fix outdated government IT’

Document also outlines projection of extra £700m revenue from digital taxation regime

27 Nov 2020 Finance

Dropping 0.7% aid-spending commitment 'fundamentally wrong', government told

"Temporary" ODA cut has sparked a ministerial resignation, while a union warns it could affect jobs

27 Nov 2020 Finance

Spending Review 2020: Do outcomes for departments point to a new way of measuring performance?

New frameworks and metrics to judge how well departments work could form the building blocks of a reformed approach to managing public spending, but more detail is needed, says Martin Wheatley

26 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

Opinion: Sunak’s pay freeze adds insult to injury

Government claims on the generosity of public sector earnings mean it really is time for an independent pay-review body, says Prospect’s Garry Graham

25 Nov 2020 Civil Service Reform

Priorities for every department and new FCDO and Treasury hubs: what the Spending Review means for the civil service

What are your department’s new priorities?

25 Nov 2020

Sunak announces £4bn cross-government Levelling Up Fund as Green Book gets rewritten

Scheme to support "infrastructure of everyday life" – but chancellor indicates projects must have MPs' backing

25 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

DWP jobs boost confirmed in Spending Review

Rishi Sunak provides funds to double number of work coaches in £1.4bn coronavirus support uplift

25 Nov 2020 HR

Chancellor confirms civil service pay freeze in name of 'fairness'

Unions say chancellor is pitting public and private sector against each other following Spending Review announcement

24 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

Civil service braces for new pay woe in Spending Review

Downing Street briefs that prime minister opposes planned £3k rise for MPs in light of mooted public-sector freeze

20 Nov 2020 Finance

Probation inspector Justin Russell on coronavirus, Transforming Rehabilitation and the Spending Review

After years of funding cuts and the looming renationalisation of outsourced probation services, Russell calls for extra funding to be “baked into the baseline” for the Spending Review

20 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

Civil servants face renewed pay freeze as Treasury signals restraint

"Clap for carers" rhetoric would ring hollow if followed by new restrictions, says unions

19 Nov 2020 Security & Defence

MoD gets multi-year cash deal ahead of spending review

Funding plan agreed before 2021 publication of full integrated review of foreign, defence and security policy

11 Nov 2020 Finance

FDA calls on Sunak to deal with CPS ‘workload crisis’ in Spending Review

Union sends petition to chancellor calling for resources to deal with backlog of 45,000 cases

02 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent

Spending Review should also stump up funding to deal with “huge” service backlogs, report says

21 Oct 2020 Economics

Comprehensive Spending Review halted as Treasury prioritises certainty – and reiterates pay restraint warning

Sunak says now is not the time for a full review

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