#spendingreview — Public Fediverse posts
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"Rachael Reeves’ changes to fiscal rules — now much looser than first indicated when the party entered office – allow much more scope for an activist, investing state than before, because her new measure of national debt places much greater value on assets held by the state – such as public-sector stakes in private firms."
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This chart of changing priorities from spending review to spending review over the last quarter of a century is an interesting, contextualisation of Rachel Reeves announcement(s) this week....
The Institute for Government report from which this is taken offers a range of other useful insights & is worth ten minutes of your time this weekend.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/spending-review-2025
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#SpendingReview: £9.4bn to CCUS and #SimplerRecycling funding - letsrecycle.com https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/spending-review-9-4bn-to-ccus-and-simpler-recycling-funding/
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CW: UK Politics
There are some good things in the Spending Review. I think the focus on investment is welcome.
But you know what's missing from all the coverage?
Adult social care.
Seriously, they're never going to fix the NHS unless they can fix that first.
If you read the small print, it says they're waiting for the result of the review, and have allocated an extra £4bn in 2028-2029.
Doesn't sound like a lot of money considering the scale of the task.
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CW: UK Politics
There are some good things in the Spending Review. I think the focus on investment is welcome.
But you know what's missing from all the coverage?
Adult social care.
Seriously, they're never going to fix the NHS unless they can fix that first.
If you read the small print, it says they're waiting for the result of the review, and have allocated an extra £4bn in 2028-2029.
Doesn't sound like a lot of money considering the scale of the task.
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So I was listening to a discussion of the Spending Review on the radio yesterday, and one commentator (I think it was probably Paul Johnson?) said that one problem with it was that there was absolutely no wiggle room, so if the economy started to perform even slightly worse than predicted, then we're going to be looking at some serious tax rises in the autumn budget.
Oops.
https://news.sky.com/story/money-personal-finance-consumer-live-latest-sky-news-newsletter-13040934
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So I was listening to a discussion of the Spending Review on the radio yesterday, and one commentator (I think it was probably Paul Johnson?) said that one problem with it was that there was absolutely no wiggle room, so if the economy started to perform even slightly worse than predicted, then we're going to be looking at some serious tax rises in the autumn budget.
Oops.
https://news.sky.com/story/money-personal-finance-consumer-live-latest-sky-news-newsletter-13040934
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A major problem lies at the heart of Rachel Reeves' spending review;
Whatever one thinks of the spending, she's trying to square the circle of Dept.'s losing budget(s), by pointing to 'efficiency gains' that can (still) be made, not least by deploying more AI across the public sector.
Anyone who has worked in a complex organisation that has put 'efficiency gains' at the centre of budgeting constraints knows that it seldom delivers, leaving just declines in service delivery
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A major problem lies at the heart of Rachel Reeves' spending review;
Whatever one thinks of the spending, she's trying to square the circle of Dept.'s losing budget(s), by pointing to 'efficiency gains' that can (still) be made, not least by deploying more AI across the public sector.
Anyone who has worked in a complex organisation that has put 'efficiency gains' at the centre of budgeting constraints knows that it seldom delivers, leaving just declines in service delivery
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London being “short changed” you say? That’s like someone with all the trains telling a person with no trains that it’s not fair that they might get some trains now.
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So now we are waiting to see how the headline figures in Rachel Reeves' spending review will play out... although its already pretty clear that for the Dept.s that lost out, the sorry tale of austerity will continue.
Given, the world of declaratory politics that we seem to live in, even the headline figures may end up being less than it currently appears.... but first we'll enter the process of plural announcements that will (my guess is) bleed out the detail.
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"The Spending Review is not a Budget in which taxes are changed or a host of new policies announced. But, don't be fooled, it will have an impact on you and your money," writes Kevin Peachey for @BBCNews.
Here are the seven ways the spending review will affect you:
#SpendingReview #RachelReeves #UK #UKNews #Budget #WinterFuel
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"The Spending Review is not a Budget in which taxes are changed or a host of new policies announced. But, don't be fooled, it will have an impact on you and your money," writes Kevin Peachey for @BBCNews.
Here are the seven ways the spending review will affect you:
#SpendingReview #RachelReeves #UK #UKNews #Budget #WinterFuel
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Our chief executive Peter Kelly on the #SpendingReview "We’d like to see the Government take a different road at the next budget... and look seriously at the tax options being put forward by Tax Justice Scotland and our UK counterparts."
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Oof, bit cringe the snidey joke about #KemiBadenoch learning on the job. Is this the sort of thing that has wide appeal? I dunno
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Oof, bit cringe the snidey joke about #KemiBadenoch learning on the job. Is this the sort of thing that has wide appeal? I dunno
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The government putting billions into 'AI' - money would be better spent maybe trying to jump-start a European cloud platform competitor for the Big 3 US cloud providers (AWS, MS Azure & Google)
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The government putting billions into 'AI' - money would be better spent maybe trying to jump-start a European cloud platform competitor for the Big 3 US cloud providers (AWS, MS Azure & Google)
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Less talking more documents please. #spendingreview
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"This will be one of the tightest spending reviews in modern times, outside of the #austerity period of the early 2010s."
"The problem with talk of 'a decade of national renewal' is so much of this stuff is long term, so we could get half way through the decade and then lose the election."
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"This will be one of the tightest spending reviews in modern times, outside of the #austerity period of the early 2010s."
"The problem with talk of 'a decade of national renewal' is so much of this stuff is long term, so we could get half way through the decade and then lose the election."
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Tune in at 7:00pm for this evening's #Scotlandat7 with Kristian Stevenson and @maureenSNP.bsky.social discussing the latest Scottish and international news including #Ukraine, #Gaza, unemployment, UK #SpendingReview, #Crime, Gaelic education and more. www.broadcastingscotland.scot/scotland-at-...
Scotland at 7 - 10/06/2025 - B... -
26% of people polled by Survation think Defence should be cut back to finance the pressing needs of the UK
This is in direct opposition to what the government is suggesting.
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26% of people polled by Survation think Defence should be cut back to finance the pressing needs of the UK
This is in direct opposition to what the government is suggesting.
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Much of the Spending Review is being pre-announced; the positive news that is.
Of course, what Wednesday will bring is the negative news about which departments & Ministers have been sidelined (via further cuts) to allow for this positive news while keeping to Rachel Reeves fiscal rules...
If you want to understand what the current Labour leadership really thinks are its priorities (and whose lobbying was most effective):
FOLLOW THE MONEY!
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So, ahead of the spending review announcement, Rachel Reeves tells the Observer that she's putting an extra £4.5bn into schools.
But, it looks like this will be likely ring fenced for expanding Special Needs & free school meals, possibly (although its not yet clear) leaving the Teachers' pay rise still under-funded, meaning there will still need to be cuts elsewhere in schools budgets.
However, the devil will be in the detail (next week).
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So, ahead of the spending review announcement, Rachel Reeves tells the Observer that she's putting an extra £4.5bn into schools.
But, it looks like this will be likely ring fenced for expanding Special Needs & free school meals, possibly (although its not yet clear) leaving the Teachers' pay rise still under-funded, meaning there will still need to be cuts elsewhere in schools budgets.
However, the devil will be in the detail (next week).
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Reeves to reveal biggest UK spending cuts since austerity in spring statement | Economic policy | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #SpendingCuts #SpringStatement #SpendingReview #Austerity
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Reeves to reveal biggest UK spending cuts since austerity in spring statement | Economic policy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/19/reeves-to-reveal-biggest-uk-spending-cuts-since-austerity-in-spring-statement -
Reeves to reveal biggest UK spending cuts since austerity in spring statement | Economic policy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/19/reeves-to-reveal-biggest-uk-spending-cuts-since-austerity-in-spring-statement -
Chris Riddell on #austerity lurking beneath the guise of #RachelReeves’ #SpendingReview – cartoon in The Observer, 15th December 2024.
Britain’s economy is shrinking as the #Chancellor starts to examine how to cut public services costs.
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Raac hospital rebuilds will go ahead despite spending review, MPs told | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/mps-hospitals-wes-streeting-rachel-reeves-nhs-b2616484.html#RAAC
#Hospitals
#HospitalRebuilds
#HospitalRebuildsReview
#SpendingReview
#Labour
#Streeting