Pat McFadden says ministers have discovered new information about government’s spending liabilities since taking office
Torsten Bell, the new Labour MP who used to run the Resolution Foundation thinktank and how is now parliamentary private secretary to Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister, has posted this on X saying it would be wrong to describe what Rachel Reeves is announcing today as cuts to public spending.
Public service notice (given lots of confused coverage this morning): you’re not “cutting public spending” if you’re not changing any budgets but instead revealing that the previous government announced transport schemes without the budgets to make them happen
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Pat McFadden says ministers have discovered new information about government’s spending liabilities since taking officeTorsten Bell, the new Labour MP who used to run the Resolution Foundation thinktank and how is now parliamentary private secretary to Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister, has posted this on X saying it would be wrong to describe what Rachel Reeves is announcing today as cuts to public spending.Public service notice (given lots of confused coverage this morning): you’re not “cutting public spending” if you’re not changing any budgets but instead revealing that the previous government announced transport schemes without the budgets to make them happen Continue reading…
