LONDON, Jan. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:

* Healthcare,homelessnessand youth provision to go under microscope. * Processes thatthatduplicate work and spendingto be reformedbyChief Secretary to the Treasury. * Reformstobuild onbillions of pounds of efficiencies and savings already found.

Wastefulduplication in government will be rootedoutunder a new programme of sweeping reviews intohow services are funded.

Reviews, drawinginexpertisefrom across the public and private sector,will be launched into four key areas - bringing healthcare out of hospitals, homelessness,the provision of youth servicesandthemanagementand maintenanceofpublic sector assets.

The reviews will also draw inexpertisefrom across the public and private sector.Out-of-classroomyouth provision, which clocks in ata bill ofover £1billion a year,for the government-will be reviewed tomake afragmentedsystemspread acrossmultiple departmentsand local government for each young personmore efficientand effective.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury James Murray said:

These reviews will scrutinise government programmes to ensure they improve people's liveswhile rooting out wasteful spend from the public sector. We have a duty to taxpayers to make sure every pound of their money works as hard in government as the people who earn it.

Similarly, work will investigate how departments take a morepreventiveapproachtotacklinghomelessness- withover three quarters ofgovernmentexpenditure on homelessness going to temporary accommodation.People sleeping rough can go on to use public services more than the average individual, at a cost of around £14,000 per person.Building on the cross-government work already ongoing, thereviewwillidentifyhow these public services such as the NHScanworkbettertogether to cut inefficient spending.

As healthcare has become increasingly centred around hospitals,community, primary care, mental health, socialcareand local services have been left working in silos - driving inefficiency and making the system harder for patients to navigate. The healthcare review will highlightthese challenges andestablishbetter how the government can deliver the shift of healthcare back to communities in a sustainable way across the NHS.

The last Spending Review increasedlong-terminvestmentinpublic sector assets- deliveringat least £10 billion a year for health,educationand justice infrastructure by 2034‑35and£24 billion between 2026‑27 and 2029‑30 tomaintainand improve motorways and local roads.

Themaintenance review willbuild on these long-term settlements, ensuring that departments and Ministers have the information they need to make effectiveinvestmentdecisionsat future Spending Reviews.

This is a new way of working between departments and the Treasury. Previously, departments have worked on their own to find the best solutions and spending plans to issues they face, with this new approach breaking down government silos and joining up work to find the best cost-effect solutions for the public.

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury will lead the reviews, working withrelevantSecretaries of State and Ministers as theyidentifywasteful spending in their departments and make recommendations to improve value for money in these areas.Theserecommendations will informthe next Spending Review,which willtake place in 2027.

The Government has already made demonstrable progress in saving thetaxpayermoney. Atlast year's SpendingReview,planswere published that will delivernearly £14 billionof technical efficiencies by 2028-29for the taxpayer.At last year's Budget, the government thenannounceda further £2.8billionof efficiencies and savings in 2028-29,which will riseto £4.9billionin 2030-31.

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