George Osborne, the chancellor, has announced in his autumn statement that Whitehall departments are to cut budgets by 1% this year and 2% next yearThe key point in George Osborne's autumn statement was this:' Whitehall administration budgets are to be cut by 1% this year, and 2% next year.There is no official statement on this quite yet, but my understanding is that this is not a case of saving merely on "Whitehall …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AM on December 5, 2012