Spending Review 2015 24 July 2015
The next stage in the government’s plan to fix the nation’s finances has been launched and will be published on 25 November 2015.
The review will set out how the government will both invest in priority public services and deliver the £20 billion further savings required to eliminate Britain’s deficit by 2019/2020.
With the fastest-growing economy in the G7, and employment at near-record levels, the Chancellor is clear that now is the time to finish the job of fixing the public finances. At the Summer Budget , the Chancellor took the first step towards finishing that job, setting out how the government would ensure Britain runs a surplus for the first time in almost twenty years in 2019/20, delivering economic security for working people.
Read more about the government’s approach to Spending Review 2015 and details on how to submit a Spending Review representation.
Fraudulent court case email scam 30 July 2015
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau is warning the public about fraudulent court case emails purporting to come from the Home Office or the Ministry of Justice.
Be wary of emails that appear to come from the Ministry of Justice or the Home Office because they may infect your computer with the TorrentLocker ransomware. The email – which does not come from any government department – contains a link or attachment which contains information about an upcoming “court case”. If you click on the link or open the attachment, it downloads a virus onto your computer and encrypts all files on the machine or server it is attached to. Victims are then asked to pay a ransom, usually requested in Bitcoin in order to retrieve the files.
The Home Office does not send unsolicited emails and will not ask for personal information or passwords in an email.
All links in emails from the Home Office will be to a government service on a .gov.uk domain and will use https.
Do not open attachments in emails you deem suspicious and do not reply to emails soliciting personal information.
Find out how to report internet scams and phishing .
Combined Spending Review and Autumn Statement announced 10 September 2015
As previously announced the Government’s Spending Review is due to be published on 25 November. There is usually an Autumn Statement delivered in December but this year it is to be combined with the Spending Review.
The Chancellor has announced that there will be an Office for Budget Responsibility forecast alongside the Spending Review on Wednesday 25 November 2015. The government will therefore publish a joint Autumn Statement and Spending Review on this date.
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