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There are savings to be made across the civil service.
A strengthened standards system should be a key foundation of a rewired state
Labour has been slow to act on its opposition promises to strengthen the standards system
Spending review 2025: Six key things we learned from Rachel Reeves' announcement
IfG experts set out the six things they learned from the spending review.
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