Laura Sharman 09 November 2015

Four departments agree 30% spending cuts

Four government departments - including the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) - have provisionally agreed to cut spending by up to 30% over the next four years.

Chancellor George Osborne is expected to use a speech later today to confirm that the DCLG, The Treasury, the Department for Transport, and the Department for Environment have made a deal to cut spending by 8% per year for the next four years ahead of the spending review.

Mr Osborne is expected to say later: ‘Let me put it another way: if our country doesn't bring the deficit down, the deficit could bring our country down.

‘That's why, for the economic security of every family in Britain, the worst thing we could do now as a country is lose our nerve.’

The Government hopes that by naming the four departments, other departments will be encouraged to agree cuts for the spending review.

Mr Osborne wrote to all heads of departments back in July, instructing them to map out scenarios from cuts of 25% and 40% to their resource budgets by 2019/20.

 

SIGN UP
For your free daily news bulletin
Highways jobs

Education Welfare Officer

Wakefield Council
£34,314.00 to £37,035.00, Grade 8. Temporary
The Education Welfare Service are seeking to recruit the above. Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Recuriter: Wakefield Council

Environmental Health Officer / Senior Environmental Health Officer

Wakefield Council
£37,938.00 to £40,476.00, Grade 9. £41,511.00 to £44,711.00, Grade 10. Career Grade 9/10
You will work in the award-winning business friendly commercial team, based within Environmental Health Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Recuriter: Wakefield Council

Development and Adoptions Manager - WMF1725e

Westmorland and Furness Council
£55,119 - £57,362
The increase in new highway construction is having a direct impact on the highway service delivery Cumbria
Recuriter: Westmorland and Furness Council

Senior Information Governance and Records Officer - WMF1957e

Westmorland and Furness Council
£41,511 - £42,708
Are you good at problem solving? Do you have a passion for records management? Cumbria / Various
Recuriter: Westmorland and Furness Council

Anti-Social Behaviour Case Officer

Wakefield Council
£18,969.00 to £20,238.00 pro rata Grade 9
It is the Council's objective to improve community safety and the environment. Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Recuriter: Wakefield Council
Linkedin Banner

Partner Content

Circular highways is a necessity not an aspiration – and it’s within our grasp

Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.

Support from Effective Energy Group for Local Authorities to Deliver £430m Sustainable Warmth Funded Energy Efficiency Projects

Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.

Pay.UK – the next step in Bacs’ evolution

Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.