Spending Review

Thirteen reasons to feel unlucky

28 March 2013 | John Tizard

News that the Treasury is looking for even bigger cuts from unprotected Whitehall departments is adding to the public sector gloom. So what is to be done? Read more...

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Budget 2013: Red Book revelations

26 March 2013 | Chris Game

Behind the Budget headlines, the detail in the official Treasury Red Book demonstrates the extent of cutbacks facing local authorities Read more

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Budget 2013: protect and survive?

20 March 2013 | Patrick Nolan

Today’s Budget was full of giveaways and short-termist measures. What it didn’t do was tackle the politically fraught issue of protected areas of spending Read more

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Osborne: man without a spending plan

6 December 2012 | Colin Talbot

Beyond the Treasury spin, the chancellor delivered an incoherent Autumn Statement that blamed everyone but himself for the mess the public finances are in Read more

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SR2013: politics by other means

24 September 2012 | Colin Talbot

Danny Alexander has made clear that the next Spending Review will cover only two years, not three. It won’t be the first time political expediency has trumped economic planning Read more

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Osborne’s choice

28 August 2012 | Judy Hirst

In the warm afterglow of the Olympics, all the talk is of legacy. How can local communities benefit from the £9bn-plus invested in the Games? Will there be a positive economic impact from the Team GB feel-good factor? Read more...

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No journey’s end for care funding

12 July 2012 | Richard Humphries

The transfer of £300m from the NHS will help care funding in the short term. But robbing Peter to pay Paul is not a sustainable long term solution  Read more

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Things can only get worse

24 April 2012 | Clive Sparrow

New fiscal rules announced by the government are a crude curtain raiser to the next Spending Review, which is likely to be even tougher than the current financial restrictions Read more

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Reviewing the spending situation

7 February 2012 | Colin Talbot

Frequent Spending Reviews were meant to be so old Labour. But could George Osborne be about to pull another one out of the hat in his 21 March Budget? Read more

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The story so far

9 December 2011 | Paul Dossett

An analysis of local government since the cuts programme began shows that overall financial performance is strong, but liquidity and absence management still need improvement Read more

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