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Who has settled in CSR negotiations?

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Michael Crick | 17:29 UK time, Sunday, 19 September 2010

This is the picture I've managed to put together so far from government sources of how ministers are in their negotiations with the Treasury over the huge cuts to be announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review on 20 October 2010.

Virtually settled:

  • Ken Clarke at Justice, as I reported on Newsnight last Thursday

  • Eric Pickles at Communities and Local Government, though most of his cuts will have to be made by local councils

  • Francis Maude, Cabinet Office, though he has a tiny budget

    • Getting there:

  • Iain Duncan Smith at Work + Pensions, though a senior DWP told me this weekend that "not much is happening on that at the moment"

  • Michael Gove at Schools, though I'm told his final deal probably won't be agreed until the last minute

  • Chris Huhne at Energy + Climate Change

    • Far from settled:

  • Liam Fox at Defence

  • Vince Cable at Business, partly because they are awaiting next month's report from Lord Browne on university funding

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