Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

Rt Hon Darren Jones MP leaving a cabinet meeting. He is wearing a scarf, long coat and carrying his minister's portfolio.
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Government 2025 at the IfG: Darren Jones keynote speech

Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, joined us to discuss how the government will embed its mission-led approach in the spending review.

In a speech at the IfG this week, Darren Jones MP, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, insisted that “we are long overdue a reckoning with government spending and a realistic appraisal of how we're using taxpayers' money."

So what is Jones planning? Where might the spending cuts fall? How can AI – the so-called Chat HMTGPT – help deliver Whitehall savings? And what will Jones be doing to embed the government’s mission-led approach into the spending review?

After his speech, Darren Jones was in conversation with Hannah White.

What we talked about in this episode

Topic
Public finances
Keywords
Spending review Public spending Artificial intelligence Cabinet Economy Tax
Political party
Labour
Administration
Starmer government
Department
HM Treasury
Public figures
Darren Jones
Publisher
Institute for Government

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