Chief Secretary responds to February's public sector finance statistics.

Public sector finances, UK: February 2025

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones said:  

"We must go further and faster to create an agile and productive state that works for people.  That's why we're refocusing the public sector on our missions and, for the first time in 17 years, going through every penny of taxpayer money line by line, to make sure it is helping us secure Britain's future through the Plan for Change.   

"At the core of this urgent mission is sound public finances, based on our non-negotiable fiscal rules. This government will never play fast and loose with the public finances.”