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Lord Livermore (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 February 2025

Debate

Growing the UK Economy

Contribution

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. I completely agree with her, which is why the Government have set a 2% productivity target for all government departments as part of the spending review. We have been very clear that, clearly, in a constrained fiscal environment, productivity and reform will be central to delivering better public services. In an environment where the noble Baroness opposite and I do not agree on very much, this is definitely an area where we agree, in terms of the importance of driving productivity not just in the private sector but in the public sector too. Please let me reassure the noble Baroness that this is absolutely top of mind as we consider the spending review decisions that we have to take.

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