The scale of the Government’s challenge to curb public spending against a backdrop of soaring demand has been laid bare by a report examining the state of key public services.
In the seventh edition of its Performance Tracker, the Institute for Government and the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy warn: ‘Public services are now in a more fragile state than before the pandemic.
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