Two Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime
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Richard Parry
Abstract
This chapter tries to locate the process and outcome of spending review 2002 within the history of Treasury control in Britain, as well as within the understanding of the balance between spending commitment and policy success. It looks at the place of Gordon Brown in the history of the development of Treasury power. It then asks if the spending increases can deliver their objectives, before it evaluates the public service agreements (PSAs) and the lower-level service delivery agreements. The concepts of the ‘invest’ side and ‘reform’ side are introduced.
Abstract
This chapter tries to locate the process and outcome of spending review 2002 within the history of Treasury control in Britain, as well as within the understanding of the balance between spending commitment and policy success. It looks at the place of Gordon Brown in the history of the development of Treasury power. It then asks if the spending increases can deliver their objectives, before it evaluates the public service agreements (PSAs) and the lower-level service delivery agreements. The concepts of the ‘invest’ side and ‘reform’ side are introduced.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures iv
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction: the year in social policy 1
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UK social policy
- Thinking historically about integration 15
- Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime 31
- Who choosing what? The evolution of the use of ‘choice’ in the NHS, and its importance for New Labour 49
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International issues
- Globalisation/welfare: what’s the preposition? And, or, versus, with? 71
- Convergence in social welfare systems: what does it mean? 91
- Analysing the health transition: what the Greek case tells us about the social determinants of health 111
- Welfare reform in the United States: the first five years of TANF 123
- Social policy in the East Asian tiger economies: past, present and future 155
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In focus: Pensions and old age
- Adapting pension systems to labour market changes in western Europe 175
- Pensions choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society 197
- The schlock and the new: risk, reflexivity and retirement 217
- Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women 239
- Index 263
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures iv
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction: the year in social policy 1
-
UK social policy
- Thinking historically about integration 15
- Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime 31
- Who choosing what? The evolution of the use of ‘choice’ in the NHS, and its importance for New Labour 49
-
International issues
- Globalisation/welfare: what’s the preposition? And, or, versus, with? 71
- Convergence in social welfare systems: what does it mean? 91
- Analysing the health transition: what the Greek case tells us about the social determinants of health 111
- Welfare reform in the United States: the first five years of TANF 123
- Social policy in the East Asian tiger economies: past, present and future 155
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In focus: Pensions and old age
- Adapting pension systems to labour market changes in western Europe 175
- Pensions choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society 197
- The schlock and the new: risk, reflexivity and retirement 217
- Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women 239
- Index 263
