A healthy State?

Putting the 2025 Spending Review into context

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Yesterday saw the Chancellor reveal the results of the first ‘zero-based’ review since 2008, the first stand-alone Spending Review since 2019, and the first three-year plan since 2021. It was the Government’s chance to say what its priorities are after painful announcements on higher taxes and borrowing, and then welfare cuts, at the Autumn Budget … Continued

Mission impossible?

Five things to look out for at next week’s pivotal Spending Review

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After a shaky start on the economy, Ministers have been happy to emphasise three trade agreements and some better-than-expected growth in recent weeks. They will hope the Spending Review (SR), on 11 June, can be a chance to build (build, build) on this, and to flesh out more concrete plans on the Government’s other ‘missions’. … Continued

Unsung Britain bears the brunt

Putting the 2025 Spring Statement in context

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This briefing note analyses the choices the Government has made in the context of an awkward backdrop to the 2025 Spring Statement.

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