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Following on from the Comprehensive Spending Review statement delivered by the chancellor George Osborne today, please see the full report here.
Full report
Executive summary
Chapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: Departmental settlement
Annex A: Statistical annex
Annex B: Distributional Impact Analysis
List of abbreviations
Supplementary documents
Spending Review 2010 Policy Costings
Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly
Overview of the impact of Spending Review 2010 on Equalities
Distributional Impact Analysis - Data Sources
Article Comments
The announcement of a 50 percent increase in funding for adult apprenticeships should be welcomed if it leads towards fulfilling the needs of engineering employers.
The UK's future in the world's economy will be more knowledge and skills-based. For the UK to remain competitive, we need home-grown engineers and we urge the government to do all it can, therefore, to make sure education in science and engineering takes a high priority in our schools, further education colleges and universities.
Paul Davies, Institution of Engineering and Technology
20th Oct 2010 at 5:08 pm
The coalition government has faced tough choices in implementing what were always going to be painful public spending cuts for many small businesses as well as the public. We welcome moves to supports exports and increases in adult apprenticeships and well as plans to crack down on tax evasion.
Of course, small business growth and job creation driving a private sector led recovery will also depend on further removing SMEs from taxation and reducing other costs altogether, wherever possible. It is important that these spending cuts and efficiency measures do not exist in isolation but are joined by further bold policies addressing issues such as red tape reform and late payment.
Jane Bennett, Head of Campaigns, Forum of Private Business
20th Oct 2010 at 4:26 pm
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