Tony Blair has launched a fact-finding mission to gauge the impact ofthe Every Child Matters reforms. Top officials from the Prime Minister'sOffice are scouring the country for evidence that the reforms arereducing youth crime, driving up exam results and improving communitycohesion (Children Now, 28 June-4 July).
The news is a glimpse into what's happening in the run-up to the 2007Comprehensive Spending Review, which will set out Government spendingplans for 2008 to 2011.
When Chancellor Gordon Brown makes his pre-budget statement later thisyear, more details of spending priorities will emerge. But it is nowthat evidence is being gathered, ideas tested and opinions formed.
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