2007 Pre-Budget Report and CSR

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This page gives you quick and easy access to all the latest information from across central government on the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review. We will continue to update the page regularly as information becomes available.

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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.
• 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: 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.

 

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)
• Protecting tax revenues (HM Treasury)
• More consumers to get better value from their pension savings (Department for Work and Pensions and HM Treasury - Joint statement)
• £21.9 billion to transform classrooms and school facilities (Department for Children, Schools and Families)

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