With Brown shifting his position on spending by the minute, it's worth highlighting this snippet from today's Guardian: "Treasury ministers, in particular, believe they can look at whether there will be a need for cuts at the time of the pre-budget report in the autumn. They intend to use the report to show the scale of projected future savings, as well as how frontline services and...
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Spectator on 2nd Jul 2009 (via spectator.co.uk)
Minute-by-minute coverage of the debate on the pre-budget report - straight after PMQs, at 12.30pm. Pre-budget report 2008Economic policyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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Guardian on 26th Nov 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
Minute-by-minute coverage from 2.30pm Pre-budget report 2008Alistair DarlingEconomic policyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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Guardian on 10th Dec 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
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.
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Telegraph on 20th Mar 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
I've done a 5 minute Q & A Feature for the new Conservative Future Blog. Why should people get involved with organisations like Conservative Future? For the sex. Pure and simple. What other reason could there possibly be? OK, I can think of one...Read On...
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IainDale on 4th Feb 2009 (via iaindale.blogspot.com)
According to the Health Service Journal, the Treasury will today outline £9bn of public sector cuts. The Treasury is seeking these savings from back office efficiencies and collaborative procurement. They believe their "operation efficiency programme" has uncovered "huge variation" in spending on human resources and utilities such as electricity in particular.
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Labourhome on 21st Apr 2009 (via labourhome.org)
The Audit Commissions recent Back to Front Report claims that local authorities can deliver 28 per cent of savings through back office efficiencies; at the same time the report also indicates that councils can achieve even greater efficiency savings through strategically uniting frontline services with the back office.
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PublicTechnology on 24th Oct 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
The Treasury says it is waiting to get confirmation from Germany that it plans to guarantee all private bank savings before acting.
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SkyNews on 6th Oct 2008 (via news.sky.com)
UK put under pressure to match guarantee on savings of all depositors following events in Europe
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Guardian on 6th Oct 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
The Treasury says it is waiting to get confirmation from Germany that it plans to guarantee all private bank savings before taking further action in the UK.
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SkyNews on 6th Oct 2008 (via news.sky.com)
... Transfer all your money to National Savings and Investments. Their guarantee: "Backed by HM Treasury 100% secure National Savings and Investments is backed by HM Treasury, so any money you invest with us is 100% secure." The Easy Access Savings Account can take up to £2 million per person. In all, depending on your age, NS&I could take more than £6 million per head. If enou...
