Pre-Budget report 2007 - Public policy
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Detail of forecast points to better times
A ‘more fragile global environment’ was cited to justify the widely expected cut in growth forecasts but the chancellor expects next year’s battering to dissipate by 2010
BBC to gain funds for Arabic and Farsi broadcasts
Broadcasts of the planned BBC Arabic TV from will rise from 12 hours a day to 24 and a Farsi-language news channel aimed at Iran and Afghanistan will launch
TfL to determine Crossrail standards
Standards and levels of service on Crossrail, the £16bn east-west London rail link that received the go-ahead last week, are to be tightly controlled by the London mayor’s transport body under plans that emerged in the wake of the comprehensive spending review
NHS spending rise beats expectations
Spending on health across the UK is to jump by £22bn during the next three years to more than £126bn – virtually a fifth of all government expenditure
