PwC财政通缩的时间选择研究.pdf

market insights Time to choose: Decision-making in an age of fiscal austerity Contents Summary 2 Introduction 3 The challenge 4 Challenges of prioritising spending cuts 8 Making tough decisions 10 Raising (more) revenue 14 Conclusion 19 About PwC 20 Summary All of the political parties now Following our research on dealing with • the relative performance of the agree – spending cuts and tax public sector debt1, our discussions delivery of services (as determined rises will be needed to address with politicians, academics and by an objective cost/benefit analysis) other senior opinion formers across the UK’s public sector debt the political spectrum has focused on Decision-makers and the key delivery mountain. The next government how public spending can be reduced stakeholders will need to be involved needs to put in place credible and more revenue raised. to ensure that they are brought into plans to achieve this whilst being successfully implementing the mindful of the impact on We believe that politicians need to