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The Independent UK
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Christopher McKeon

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Uk needs reckoning with government spending treasury minister will say | Mind Blowing Facts

Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones has said ministers must justify every line of Government spending. (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK is “long overdue a reckoning with Government spending”, a senior Treasury minister will say as Labour faces the prospect of making further cuts.

Darren Jones, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, is expected to use a speech at the Institute for Government’s annual conference on Tuesday to argue that ministers need a different approach to ensure taxpayers’ money is spent effectively.

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