SPENDING REVIEW Spending Review: A time for imagination and integration Reflecting on the Spending Review, Katie Johnson says a change of mindset is needed towards a more fundamental question: ‘what is actually working and delivering value?’ By Katie Johnston | 12 June 2025 SHARE As local government leaders – councillors, local government officers, people like me who work with local authorities – digest the small print behind the Chancellor's Spending Review it's clear that beyond the big...