(11 years, 9 months ago)
Commons ChamberT4. Will my right hon. Friend update the House on the progress of the efficiency and reform group in driving savings across Government Departments?
After the last general election, we set up that group to deal with the monstrous waste that the Labour Government presided over. It is a tribute to the hard work of civil servants here and across Whitehall that we saved taxpayers £3.75 billion in the first year and £5.5 billion last year. We are accelerating that work and targeting £8 billion this year.