gerard lyons, more clueless? i was going| clueless about how to fix it. ve provided lots of— terms of the nhs they have provided lots of money to it and it's about public— lots of money to it and it's about public sector reform. the issue raised — public sector reform. the issue raised earlier was about indexation of public— raised earlier was about indexation of public services generally. higher inflation _ of public services generally. higher inflation has given the treasury win full boost _ inflation has given the treasury win full boost sound revenues but it will pose — full boost sound revenues but it will pose questions about departmental budgets and benefits. they will— departmental budgets and benefits. they will be cut. lots departmental budgets and benefits. they will be cut.— they will be cut. lots of these thin . s they will be cut. lots of these things probably _ they will be cut. lots of these things probably don't - they will be cut. lots of these things probably don't have - they will be cut. lots of these l things probably don't have time

one wonders, though, i was listening to gerard lyons at lunchtime on radio four saying, the chancellor stood up and laid out his new tax plans, following that, within minutes of that there was a briefing from his team and i was at that briefing and some of the questions that were put to them were precisely about this. when are we going to get the figures? why have you not given the figures yet? when will there be a detailed plan laid out? what are your timings for this growth you want to see when you save the medium term, how long ways that? what is the growth target you think you can hit? they had no answers for those things, except to say that there would be a new budget sometime in the coming, in this financial year, which if we are now being told it is in the spring, but is towards the end of the possible time frame, so that is already relatively far off and november is perhaps for many will feel still relatively far off to get that medium—term outlook that the chancellor might be saying he will give. we know that the office for budget responsibility, which will sort of run it�*s f

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