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NEW: Prime Minister and Chancellor write to cabinet ministers to demand savings ahead of the next Comprehensive Spending Review in the Autumn. They want hard commitments by March 2

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Letter to cabinet 2/

Chx & PM demand breakdown on dept budgets & how they support “priority outcomes”: NHS, crime & levelling up

“We expect the SoS to do a line by line audit of their budgets and to identify those areas of spend that are ineffective or represent lowest VFM”
Letter to cabinet 3/

The Treasury want *TEN* options of things to stop entirely

constituting 5% of their budget

>> significant
Sky News understands that the government wants to overhaul or abolish programmes, projects and quangos associated with previous governments including Theresa May’s administration rather than looking to squeeze salaries or welfare cuts.
Departments with protected departments including Health and the Ministry of Defence have not be exempted.
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NEW - Leaked Treasury document, here in full, which suggests potential checks on goods going to/ from NI under Boris Johnson’s brexit deal include:

* GB to NI customs declarations (new)
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How is Labour able to spend so much in its manifesto?

1. More tax
How is Labour able to spend so much in its manifesto?

2. Relax fiscal rules. Under Lab they only have to balance *current* spending, not investment - and they will define the difference themselves. Their goal is to always be able to promise balance at a point 5 yrs in future
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3. Change public sector balance sheet rules
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There is a curious plan emerging to corner Boris Johnson next week

The remain alliance have been discussing a nascent idea - but aren't sure whether to go ahead with it or whether it'll ultimately help them.

In other words, don't pay *too* much attention to this. Yet.

So:
1. After the election vote on Monday fails, hold a vote on an SO24

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Why do that?
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- Letwin wants to be seen helping get Brexit thru
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But also

- *This possibly delays election vote until after Nov 5 meaning no 2019 polling day*
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