Engineers: Think long term in spending review The Government must avoid spending cuts that offer a short-term advantage, but undermine UK infrastructure’s contribution to long term prosperity, productivity and resilience, say leading engineers. Many government departments that are responsible for infrastructure delivery and upkeep have been asked to produce plans to cut 25-40 per cent from their budgets ahead of November’s government [...]
Government spending review: How George Osborne’s 40 per cent cuts would shrink each department George Osborne’s spending review will have struck fear into many a government department. The chancellor has committed to cutting £20bn from the public purse and, as well as kicking off a major land-grab of from public property in an attempt to address Britain's housing supply crisis, he's tasked each department to come up with projections for [...]
Government spending review: More public land to be sold off for homes as George Osborne seeks £20bn in savings Remember, remember 25 November: that's when the government will publish its spending review, setting out exactly how it will cut £20bn to eradicate the country's deficit over the next five years. And it looks like that a pretty major literal land-grab will be taking place. The chief secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands [...]
David Cameron’s absence from Labour spending review launch is a subtle but clever political trap – Bottom Line January 4, 2015 David Cameron’s decision not to attend the launch of a key spending review into Labour’s election pledges this morning speaks volumes about the type of campaign he plans to run. Up until now commentators have predicted that the Tories will use the Prime Minister at every given opportunity, safe in the knowledge that Ed Miliband’s [...]