Turn off the spending tap

Published on 30 March 2007

This article was published in the Public Finance Magazine on 30th March 2007

In last week's Budget, Chancellor Gordon Brown confirmed that overall spending for the three years covered by the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review is set to increase by 2 percent on average after economy-wide inflation.

The spending plans are much tighter than those of recent years.

Authors

Carl Emmerson

Deputy Director

Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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Christine Frayne

European Commission (formerly IFS staff)