Whitehall departments are resisting attempts by the Treasury to slash their budgets as part of the Government's attempts to make savings in the face of the downturn.

Political demands for a smaller Whitehall and more devolution to the front line are said to be putting at risk efforts to make billions of pounds worth of efficiency savings

Ministers will set out plans on Tuesday to find £9bn of efficiency savings across Whitehall within four years in the latest political salvo over which party is best-placed to tackle Britain's growing deficit

Doubts over the government's ability to make genuine efficiency savings have been expressed by the parliament's spending watchdog, which says there is a serious risk frontline services will be cut instead

A recruitment freeze across the civil service should reap a saving of £163m in the current year as the government grapples to find ways to cut Whitehall outgoings without harming frontline services

They really do think we're stupid: A new front in the political battle over the economy will be opened today when Labour tries to trump David Cameron's plans for finding big savings in government spending to keep down taxes. The Treasury's drive to reduce Whitehall waste has found between £4bn and £5bn more than the £30bn it has already announced. The efficiency savings will be used to limit th...

Billions of pounds are to be taken off Whitehall departments' spending on back office functions in an attempt to force them to share services such as in human resources and finance.

THE Assembly Government could see its budget cut by more than £1bn as Chancellor Alistair Darling looks for drastic savings from Whitehall departments.

A POWERFUL spending watchdog yesterday raised concerns about Whitehall's ability to introduce fundamental reforms of the welfare system while cutting departmental running

The prime minister has clashed with public accounts committee chairman Edward Leigh over the delivery of Whitehall efficiency savings.