 OverviewPaul Cockle Chapter 1 in Public Expenditure Policy, 1985–86, 1985, pp 1-33 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The Government’s expenditure plans to 1987–88 are contained in their 1985 White Paper (Treasury (1985)(a), Cmnd 9428). Though the broad thrust of each expenditure programme (see Table 1.1) survived the Chancellor’s Financial Statement and Budget Report (FSBR) (Treasury (1985)(b) some two months later, a significant addition of £2 billion was made to the Reserve. The Reserve is a cash cushion against underestimation of the foreseeable and surprise from the unexpected. The two documents cited above are the visible pinnacles of activities which determine the government’s claim to, and disposition of, resources. They form the raw data of the analysis contained in this and subsequent chapters. By themselves they are insufficient to appreciate the issues of public policy and the choices being made, both between programmes and within them. Further information needs to be brought into the frame and this is done by our contributors. Of comparable importance to the decision about programme expenditure is the policy process that leads to the decision about the overall scale of government expenditure. Keywords: Local Authority; Money Supply; Fiscal Adjustment; Expenditure Programme; Planning Total (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-08252-0_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08252-0_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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