Cut public spending by up to 2% per year using zero-based budgeting, an independent audit board, and publishing contracts over £25,000.
“Cut costs by up to 2% a year: phase in zero-based budgeting one department at a time; establish an Independent Spending & Performance Board to audit departments; end overspend and publish all contracts worth over £25,000.”
Recorded votes that test this promise
- 30 Jan 2026Carried– Absent · did not take a side
Government Work Plan 2026-2029
Motion put to the States: To direct the Policy & Resources Committee, working with Principal Committees, to establish a programme for zero-based budgeting, under which material areas of States’ expenditure are reviewed from first principles rather than by reference to historical baselines; and to require that the scope, methodology (including reporting) and initial findings of this programme be included by no later than in the mid-term Government Work Plan report, with the outcomes of such reviews used to inform Committee Work Plans, future budget proposals, and major policy decisions during the remainder of the term.”
Voting Pour delivers this
This carried motion directs establishment of a zero-based budgeting programme reviewing material areas of States' expenditure from first principles, directly delivering a named element of the promise.
- 30 Jan 2026Carried– Absent · did not take a side
Government Work Plan 2026-2029
Motion put to the States: To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to incorporate into the Funding and Investment Plan, in consultation with all Committees, a structured public service efficiency programme that targets a 1% real-terms annual reduction in baseline public expenditure for the years 2027,2028, and 2029 (with 2026 as the baseline year).