title: Stories abound that the budget will be handed out in one lump sum on April 1. In which case stand back and wait for the fireworks as the money (at least notionally) runs out around November 2002!
abstract: It is perhaps very timely that we are running a series on budgeting. Never has the basis for budgeting been more complex. It is to be hoped that at a clinical level, little difference will be felt. However, if you are concerned about strategic planning of budgets, the next two years are going to be challenging, in England at least.