Darren Jones

Darren Jones

Labour — Bristol North West

Speaking in the House of Commons on 20 May 2025

Debate

Spending Review: Cross-departmental Planning

Contribution

The Treasury has reformed the spending review process to ensure that it facilitates genuine collaboration across Departments. As part of this spending review, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and I have met Secretaries of State multilaterally in mission clusters, which have brought together Departments to agree cross-departmental priorities, increase transparency, reduce duplication and align spending with mission delivery across Whitehall, while learning every possible lesson from the failure of the Conservatives to ensure that it is never repeated ever again.

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