2007 Pre-Budget Report and CSR

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Consultations

• Building Better Incentives for Local Economic Growth: Reforms to the local authority business growth incentives scheme (Communities and Local Government)
  This consultation seeks views from local authorities and other interested parties on the reform of the local authority business growth incentives scheme, which provides an incentive for local authorities to encourage local business growth.

 

Publications

• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Meeting the aspirations of the British people (HM Treasury)
  This report presents updated assessments and forecasts of the economy and public finances, describes the reforms that the Government is making to achieve its goals and sets out the Government’s priorities and spending plans for the years 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11.
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Speech by Alistair Darling (HM Treasury)
  This is a transcript of the speech by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling to the House of Commons on 9 October 2007. He presents the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and the conclusions of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Departmental settlements (PDF Format - 406Kb - HM Treasury)
  This document gives details of the settlements coming out of the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and the Comprehensive Spending Review for each Government department, local government and the 2012 Olympics.
• Social Exclusion Taskforce: Public service agreement (Cabinet Office)
  Socially-excluded adults are prioritised in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review. This public service agreement aims to give the most socially-excluded adults the chance to get back on a path to a more successful life.
• Planning Reform: Written statement by Yvette Cooper (Communities and Local Government)
  This gives further details on the announcement made by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling in the 2007 Pre-Budget Report about the Government's intention to legislate in the forthcoming Planning Reform Bill for a new statutory planning charge.
• NHS Interim Review: Speech by Alan Johnson - 10 October 2007 (Department of Health)
  Alan Johnson talks about how the Department of Health's settlement from the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review will enable it to take forward the recommendations set out in Lord Darzi's interim report on the review of the NHS.
• The New Performance Framework for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships: Single set of National indicators (Communities and Local Government)
  This document sets out the headline definitions of the national indicator set, developed as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007, that will underpin the new performance framework for local authorities.
• Business Rate Supplements: White paper (Communities and Local Government)
  This sets out the Government's plans to introduce a power for local authorities to raise and retain local business rate supplements.
• Comprehensive Spending Review: Challenges and opportunities for local government (Communities and Local Government)
  This speech by John Healy sets out the challenges and opportunities faced by local government following the announcement of the 2007 comprehensive spending review.

 

Related links

• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Microsite - Summary of key points (HM Treasury)
  This gives a summary of the key points coming out of the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review.
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Supplementary documents index (HM Treasury)
  This page gives links to the supplementary documents published alongside the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review.
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Public service agreements index (HM Treasury)
  This gives information about the public service agreements announced as part of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review. The agreements set out the Government's aims for continuous and accelerated improvement in public services.
• What the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review Mean for Your Region: Regional press notices (HM Treasury)
  This gives links to individual press notices on how the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review affect each region in the United Kingdom.
• Communities and Local Government: Comprehensive Spending Review 2007
  This gives information and links to the documents coming out of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 that affect Communities and Local Government.
• HM Revenue and Customs: Pre-Budget 2007 - Supplementary documents
  This page gives links to supplementary documents coming out of the 2007 Pre-Budget Report that affect HM Revenue and Customs.
• Defra: Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 - Public service agreements 2008-11
  This gives information on the public service agreements coming out of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 that will be led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• Third Sector Review: 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (Cabinet Office)
  This gives information about the settlement from the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, which will allow the Office of the Third Sector to implement the policy programmes set out in the third sector review.
• Government Office for the East Midlands: 2007 Pre-Budget Report Comprehensive Spending Review
  This gives links to information coming out of the 2007 Pre-Budget Report Comprehensive Spending Review that affects regional development across England and in the East Midlands.

 

News items

• Meeting the aspirations of the British people (HM Treasury)
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Departmental settlements (HM Treasury)
• Public service agreements (HM Treasury)
• Increased funding for housing, building strong communities, and helping to tackle extremism (Communities and Local Government)
• Ed Miliband welcomes the Comprehensive Spending Review (Cabinet Office)
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Security and intelligence (Home Office)
• Department for Children, Schools and Families: Capital boost for primary schools
• Comprehensive Spending Review confirms extra resources for third sector (Cabinet Office)
• Protecting tax revenues (HM Treasury)
• Creating the conditions for business success (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
• Boost for medical research to drive innovation in health (Department for Innovation, Universities and Science)
• Increased funding for science, research, innovation, skills and higher education (Department for Innovation, Universities and Science)
• 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games: A lasting legacy for the UK (Department for Culture, Media And Sport)
• Providing employment opportunity for all and tackling child and pensioner poverty (Department for Work and Pensions)
• Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Law Officers' Departments: 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review
• Backing success, investing to increase participation and promoting creativity (Department for Culture, Media And Sport)
• Achieving fair and responsive health and social care services (Department of Health)
• £170 million boost for low-carbon energy technology (Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs)
• 50,000 more children lifted out of poverty (Department for Work And Pensions)
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Home Office
• Increase in flood spending to 2011 (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
• Pre-Budget Report will help fight climate change (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Funding for Crossrail announced (Department for Transport)
• 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Defra - Increased resources for a sustainable future
• More consumers to get better value from their pension savings (Department for Work and Pensions and HM Treasury - Joint statement)
• Every Child Matters: New investment announced in Comprehensive Spending Review
• Spending promises welcomed as MLA presses case for Renaissance
• Statement by Hilary Benn on flood defence spending: 10 October 2007 (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
• £21.9 billion to transform classrooms and school facilities (Department for Children, Schools and Families)