UK Budget 2008 - Public policy
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Groups to tender for trials on road pricing
The transport department’s invitation to IT companies to submit contract bids is a signal that it has not surrendered to the motoring lobby over the controversial policy
White paper vows to stimulate innovation
The UK government makes a commitment to boost demand for innovative products and services by targeting £150bn a year worth of public spending in a wide-ranging white paper
Clean technology report wins backing
The UK formally adopts the recommendations of a review on low-carbon cars, which urges the government to support greater funding for research and development in the area
Surprise at non-dom U-turn
Advisers feel that concessions made by the chancellor run counter to his stated aims, as some say the amendments reintroduce a degree of inequality to the tax system
Analysis: How Britain fared in war on waste
The government has claimed victory in beating targets to streamline departments. But critics say this has been achieved at the expense of services
Analysis: Tougher challenge for civil servants
Civil servants have been grappling with the efficiency drive since 2005 – but their lives are about to become even tougher, says the man behind the drive for efficiency
Analysis: NHS faces test of savings success
The NHS can claim the £250m investment it has made putting digital systems into every NHS Trust will save virtually £1bn over the lifetime of the kit
Green moves fall short of radical claims
Drivers were spared a 2p rise in petrol taxes until October but buyers of new cars from next April will pay more in vehicle duty and from 2010 fuel tax will rise by 0.5p per litre ‘for environmental reasons’
Ofgem wary of push to halt fuel poverty
The energy regulator criticises Treasury plans to curb charges for users of pre-payment meters, saying it may force companies to pass on costs to other fuel poor customers
Brown pledges overhaul of public services
Gordon Brown vows today to speed up the modernisation of public services with a wider role for professionals and the private sector, in the strongest signal yet he...
