Amid a forthcoming spending review, ministers are reportedly engaging in 'mission-washing' by attempting to justify departmental expenditures through Labour's core priorities like growth and net zero. Sources indicate that secretaries of state are under pressure from the chancellor to demonstrate how their budgets align with government goals, or risk cuts to unprotected areas. Some spending justifications, such as digitising death records as a growth strategy, have been criticized as overly forced. The approach has drawn scrutiny, with Liberal Democrats remarking on the government's tendency to intertwine growth with various initiatives.
There is a lot of mission-washing going on, everyone is looking for ways to show that what they're doing actually benefits growth, or crime, or immigration.
The spending review process was similar to applying for a job. You search for the key words in the job description and ensure you are using essentially the same words in the application.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has billed digitising death records as a growth-boosting measure, citing that it scrapped the need for people to queue at the council.
Liberal Democrats responded, stating there are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the government crowbarring growth into every press release.
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