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To what extent does the government budget/statement reflect current government priorities?
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To what extent does the government budget/statement reflect current government priorities? In this study I will be investigating the extent to which the governments budget statement reflects their spending on current priorities, such as the NHS, Defence and Education. To do this I will be researching changes in spending using the current budget statement (2007) and also other secondary data resources to find out the total percentage of the governments budget is spent on specific areas, such as housing, defence, public transport etc. I aim to find out how much spending in these areas has increased in recent years, or indeed whether spending has decreased over recent years. Priority One: The Environment. The environment, or more precisely protecting it is a key concern for today's government, and an issue that they appear to be trying to combat. In the 2007 budget the government announced an 800million pound window for the environment transformation fund, this is...
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