A new study by MPs dealing with the public accounts has questioned if ministers and their departments can come up with the savings required from the public purse. The Members’ body said: "The inability of departments to improve value for money in a time of increasing budgets casts doubts on government's ability to reduce costs now while minimising the impact on front-line services." It also noted with alarm “the implication from Treasury that it will simply reduce departments' budgets and then walk away from responsibility for the delivery of the level of savings required.”
