SPENDING REVIEW

Spending Review: The implications for economic development and growth

The importance of economic development within the Spending Review to managing the delivery of programmes continues to show why the profession will need to become a statutory function, says Nigel Wilcock.

Rachel Reeves © © Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury

Upon being announced as the Labour Chancellor, Rachel Reeves set out a mantra that economic growth would be central to the new government's decisions. Her first budget established her fiscal rules, which created a framework that allowed for greater levels of capital expenditure to be funded. Yesterday's Spending Review set out where this capital headroom would be allocated.

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