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<p>The Home Office has already saved the taxpayer £1.5 billion, 23% in real-terms,
as part of the 2010 Spending Review, with additional savings made as part of subsequent
Autumn Statement and Budget measures.</p><p>This has been achieved whilst reducing
crime by more than a quarter, clamping down on sham marriages, removing more than
24,000 foreign criminals, training more than 160,000 frontline workers in our work
to counter radicalisation, excluding more preachers of hate than any other government,
and taking down on average 1,000 items of online terrorist-related material per week.</p><p>For
2015-16 the Home Office has developed plans to reduce spend by a further £0.5 billion,
6.1% in real terms. The additional £30 million will be achieved as part of the department’s
measures to drive further productivity improvements, value from commercial suppliers
and efficiency in the running costs of the department. The £30 million of in-year
savings will not come from the core police grant, nor from the department’s counter-terrorism
funding for the police.</p><p>The Government is getting on with the job of repairing
the public finances, and to run a surplus in this Parliament. This will create the
best conditions for sustainable growth.</p>
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