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New public spending category PDEL is a welcome and could have big impact
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The Preventative Departmental Expenditure Limit will be money ringfenced in the budget for preventive policies John Healey’s debut budget was far from a blockbuster, but it may come to be remembered for the birth of a plucky new character in the tax and spend universe – little PDEL.
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New public spending category PDEL is a welcome and could have big impact | Heather Stewart
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