Ben Paxton
Senior Researcher
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Spending reviews
What are spending reviews and how do they work?
Spending review 2025: welcome improvements to the process but no total "rewiring"
Rachel Reeves must continue to build on the changes she has introduced to the spending review process.
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.
Lessons from past independent policy reviews
How, when and why are policy reviews used by politicians?
John Glen
John Glen discusses being City minister for four and a half years and serving in government in the run-up to the 2024 general election.
Rachel Reeves's spring statement 2025: The IfG's verdict
What did we learn from the chancellor's 'update'?
Cutting international aid to pay for defence is Starmer’s first spending review trade-off
The government’s decision to slash the aid budget to increase defence spending is controversial.
The Procurement Act is an opportunity for government to reap the benefits of transparency
New legislation to regulate procurement spending is welcome.
Five key takeaways from defence secretary John Healey's IfG speech
What did John Healey's IfG speech tell us about his plans for defence reform?
More spending review scrutiny from MPs is needed
The Liaison Committee’s call for more pre-spending review engagement with departments is welcome.