#45 – Lord Bird on the UK Future Generations Bill
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The Cost of Austerity in Government Budgeting
If you have a new issue that might be especially important for future generations, there's a good chance it won't have a natural department or home yet. I've at least heard stories where the issue arrives on the desk of someone at department A, and then it doesn't quite, it's not quite a good fit for them. And they're so overloaded anyway, right? They're like, well, let's hand this off toDepartment B. Department B gets the issue, doesn't quite fit, not sure what to do about it. They'll hand it back to A, nothing gets down in the end. So we have to revolutionise budgeting. We have to change the
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