Budget 2025: Departments told to find extra £4.9bn in efficiencies
26 Nov Finance

Budget 2025: Departments told to find extra £4.9bn in efficiencies

New target follows near-£14bn efficiencies committed to for SR25 period
by Tevye Markson
Union sounds alarm on Valuation Office Agency ‘integration’ with HMRC
28 Nov Finance
Union sounds alarm on Valuation Office Agency ‘integration’ with HMRC
Budget 2025: Overhauled spending control and accountability framework to 'drive better value for money'
26 Nov Finance
Budget 2025: Overhauled spending control and accountability framework to 'drive better value for money'
Budget 2025: Treasury announces £1bn 'assets efficiency target'
26 Nov Finance
Budget 2025: Treasury announces £1bn 'assets efficiency target'
‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
11 Jun Finance
‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
Treasury announces results of review into its guidance on appraising policies and projects
OBR chief in line for another five-year term
02 Jun Finance
OBR chief in line for another five-year term
Chancellor Rachel Reeves backs Richard Hughes to serve as watchdog chair until 2030
UK aid is ten times more scrutinised than other government spending
12 May Finance
UK aid is ten times more scrutinised than other government spending
While aid-spending agencies make up only 1.3% of UK government spending, they are the subject of 12.5% of all government evaluations
‘Lessons being learned’ over GPA spending-control failings, MPs told
01 May Finance
‘Lessons being learned’ over GPA spending-control failings, MPs told
Cabinet Office perm sec Cat Little says checks and balances failed to expand at same pace as rest of agency
Treasury seeks technical efficiencies of ‘at least 1% a year’ from departments
28 Apr Finance
Treasury seeks technical efficiencies of ‘at least 1% a year’ from departments
Perm sec tells MPs “stretching and realistic” Spending Review targets are being worked up with the Office for Value for Money
Departments to match-fund central voluntary redundancy pot
15 Apr Finance
Departments to match-fund central voluntary redundancy pot
Departments will bid for the funds and match the amount they receive
Scottish first minister calls on Reeves to scrap fiscal rules
15 Apr Finance
Scottish first minister calls on Reeves to scrap fiscal rules
John Swinney says chancellor should abandon “economic straitjacket” following Donald Trump's introduction of tariffs
HMRC rejects recommendations to improve customer service performance
07 Apr Finance
HMRC rejects recommendations to improve customer service performance
Tax agency reiterates rebuttal of committee’s claims it doesn't give enough consideration to the needs of service users
Northern Ireland needs multi-year funding settlements, MPs say
07 Apr Finance
Northern Ireland needs multi-year funding settlements, MPs say
Longer-term funding is needed to enable departments to “plan meaningful changes”, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee says
'Inaccurate': DCMS perm sec questions criticism of Covid loans accountability 'gap'
02 Apr Finance
'Inaccurate': DCMS perm sec questions criticism of Covid loans accountability 'gap'
Susannah Storey also rejects claim that the department is “overly optimistic” about recouping funds
Automating ‘routine tasks’ could save £36bn a year, DSIT minister says
02 Apr Finance
Automating ‘routine tasks’ could save £36bn a year, DSIT minister says
Maggie Jones tells peers a further £10bn in efficiencies will come from migrating services online and strengthening digital compliance
Home Office pledges ‘proper due diligence’ for new asylum sites
01 Apr Finance
Home Office pledges ‘proper due diligence’ for new asylum sites
Former perm sec Matthew Rycroft sets out checks and balances introduced after “dysfunctional” culture that wasted millions of pounds