‘Lean thinking’: How to supercharge a team’s ability to secure efficiencies In this case study, MI-GSO | PCUBED explain how departments can use the voice of the team to make efficiencies and improvements ‘Spending Cuts’. Not the favourite phrase in Departmental lexicons, but one that is likely to re-emerge in coming months. A recent Reuters article notes the tools available for deficit reduction are largely raising taxes and spending cuts. The Office for Budget Responsibility notes, “Faced with these post-pandemic pressures, the Government has so far cut more than £15 billion a year from departmental resource spending from 2022-23 onwards, setting up a challenging Spending Review later this year”.