Autumn Statement 2012

6 Dec 2012 01:13 PM

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.

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