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Cross Government themes

Our team of experts has analysed the issues which affect organisations across the public sector. These themes look at the impact of the spending review on capability, the regional distribution of the costs and how the sustainable cost reduction can be achieved.

Key themes

  • Spending plans
    The Government’s plans include a return to Departmental Expenditure Limits not seen for a decade. Retrenchment at this scale over such a short period has never been achieved by any post-war administration.
  • Public service reform
    Ministers have devised a busy programme of activity that includes public sector pensions reform, public sector compensation and pay review as well as localism and the ‘big society’ agenda.
  • Management of spending versus cuts
    Government has said it wants finance leaders to play a central role in delivering the austerity agenda.
  • Productivity
    Productivity will be a major challenge for government as budgets decline.
  • Public sector workforce reform
    The Government expects 490,000 public sector job cuts over a four year period.
  • A mixed economy of service delivery
    The Government views the entry of new providers into public services as essential to bring spending down and improve services to the end user.
  • Wider economic impact
    Government spending has a significant impact on the UK’s economy.

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