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Chancellor orders ministers to submit spending plans to private sector experts

Chancellor orders ministers to submit spending plans to private sector experts



Rachel Reeves to wield ‘iron fist against waste’ by examining departments’ expenditure line by lineRachel Reeves has ordered Whitehall departments to submit their spending plans to “challenge panels” of private sector experts, including bankers, as part of her forthcoming spending review.Formally kicking off the next phase of the spending review process, the chancellor said she was determined to wield an “iron fist against waste”, by examining departments’ expenditure line by line. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/09/rachel-reeves-spending-plans-private-sector-experts

Author : Heather Stewart, Kalyeena Makortoff and Richard Partington

Publish date : 2024-12-09 22:30:24

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