Thursday 06 Dec 2012 @ 13:13
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Autumn Statement 2012
Whitehall spending cuts
Yesterday the Chancellor announced a 1% cut in departmental resource budgets next year followed by a 2% cut the year after. The Chancellor suggested that a substantial proportion of this could come from further reductions in Whitehall’s administrative spending.
Director of Research for the Institute for Government, Julian McCrae, said:
“Though the headline percentage targets may sound small, it’s worth remembering that government departments are still part way through major cuts and transformation programmes which have left Whitehall fragile.