The next Spending Review, announced in June for 2015/16, will also outline the shape of public spending plans for the next four years, chief executives heard at The MJ's second annual Future Forum held last month.

Expert speakers from Whitehall, the private sector, local government and think-tanks, addressed more than 100 delegates during the 24-hour forum in Warwickshire on 21/22 March.Its subject was planning for the next Spending Review and it took place just one day after the Budget.