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The foundation said Mr Osborne's scope for manoeuvre is severely limited by commitments to boost spending on the National Health Service, schools, defence, the security services and international aid.
Pensions, pensioner benefits, health, schools defence and overseas aid are all protected, which is why the remaining departments will be harder hit.
The Government's decision to "ring-fence" the health, schools, defence equipment and international aid budgets has provoked a Cabinet battle because it means other departments could face cuts totalling £28bn over the 2015-18 period.
"The pattern will continue to be uneven, with spending on the NHS, pensions, schools, defence and overseas development protected, meaning that reductions will be concentrated on other areas of welfare, police and fire services, courts and prisons, childcare, higher and further education, and local services such as social care, children's services and local transport," the report said.
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As Cave and Rowell relate, it is happening across Whitehall, from transport to schools to defence to health to housing.
But it is very unlikely that even relatively favoured services such as health, schools and defence procurement will see their planned spending increased.
It has been reported that schools and defence are to be given partial protection, further concentrating the impact of spending reductions on the unprotected services.
He would ring-fence only NHS, schools and defence spending, while from April he would cut planned spending on everything else.
Again, he is boxed in by a whole series of iron-clad promises, with spending on healthcare and aid and schools and defence all ringfenced.
