The Upcoming Spending Review and the Treasury’s History of Expenditure Control

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Sousa, João (2025) The Upcoming Spending Review and the Treasury’s History of Expenditure Control. Fraser of Allander Institute, Glasgow.

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Abstract

On 11 June, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will announce the outcome of the Spending Review. This will be a document in which departmental expenditure limits – or DELs, the allocations for each department to run discretionary programmes every year – are set for the coming three years. The Spending Review will be a critical point of the current UK Government’s term. Having set the path of government spending for the next few years at the Budget, this is all about allocating it among competing demands. This is where priorities come into harsh contact with the reality of cold, hard cash allocations.

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