SPENDING REVIEW 2015: WHERE THE AXE HAS FALLEN BY DEPARTMENT
Home Office
Budget: £10.6bn
Cuts since 2010: 24.9%
Cuts by 2020: 4.8%
Where the axe has fallen: Theresa May was one of the last ministers to settle after holding out in the battle to reduce police cuts and protect the anti-terror budget. Osborne wanted to cut police budgets by 20 per cent but has watered it down after the Paris attacks.
Ministry of Justice
Budget: £6.2bn
Cuts since 2010: 34.1%
Cuts by 2020: -15%
Where the axe has fallen: Justice Secretary Michael Gove plans to build more than half a dozen new prisons and sell off old ones for housing projects. He wants to focus on keeping some criminals out of prison because it saves £35,000 per inmate per year.
Foreign Office
Budget: £1.9bn
Cuts since 2010: 21.6%
Cuts by 2020: 0%
Where the axe has fallen: There are plans to cut embassies and staff worldwide but the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is said to be worried it will diminish Britain's influence in the world. There is a huge boost in spending for the BBC World Service.
Health
Budget: £111.6bn
Increase since 2010: +7.3%
Cuts by 2020: +3.3%
Where the axe has fallen: A big winner and a protected department - the Chancellor has promised Jeremy Hunt £8billion extra cash over the next five years. But there is an elderly care crisis and plans for a seven-day NHS will cost money.
Work and Pensions
Budget: £222bn
Cuts since 2010: 35.8%
Cuts by 2020: -14%
Where the axe has fallen: Iain Duncan Smith threatened to resign if his new universal credit benefit scheme was raided by George Osborne. The controversial cuts to tax credits have also been mitigated but £12billion in savings must still be found by 2018.
Energy and Climate Change
Budget: £900m
Cuts since 2010: 14.3%
Cuts by 2020: -16%
Where the axe has fallen: Amber Rudd has moved to slash massive subsidies for solar panels by almost 90 per cent. The Tories have announced that taxpayer subsidies for wind farms are to be axed a year early.
Transport
Budget: £2.6bn
Cuts since 2010: 13.4%
Cuts by 2020: -37%
Where the axe has fallen: The huge costs of Crossrail and HS2 means that Patrick McLoughlin must save £600million - achieved by selling valuable pockets of land in central London. They have also pledged to spend £100billion on new infrastructure.
Treasury
Budget: £200m
Cuts since 2010: 29%
Cuts by 2020: -24%
Where the axe has fallen: George Osborne's HMRC is planning to close 137 offices, triggering claims the collection of tax could be under threat. Last year the amount of taxes which went unpaid rose to £34billion - and HMRC has been ordered to close loopholes.
Scotland
Budget: £25.9bn
Cuts since 2010: 8.5%
Cuts by 2020: -5%
Where the axe has fallen: The SNP says it will spend more on the NHS but minister David Mundell has said it must use its tax raising powers to raise more cash to balance the books.
Defence
Budget: £27.2bn
Cuts since 2010: 13.5%
Cuts by 2020: +23%
Where the axe has fallen: After five years of austerity, the Prime Minister vowed to spend billions on defence. Michael Fallon's extra £12billion war chest included 42 new fighter jets, hundreds of new armoured vehicles and 10,000 troops in the event of a terror attack.
Business, Innovation and Skills
Budget: £12.9bn
Cuts since 2010: 18.4%
Cuts by 2020: -17%
Where the axe has fallen: Business Secretary Sajid Javid has agreed to close down some of his 80 offices and slash the number of quangos to 20 - half the previous number. Hundreds of civil servants have been asked to take redundancy.
Culture, Media and Sport
Budget: £1.1bn
Cuts since 2010: 30.7%
Cuts by 2020: -5.1%
Where the axe has fallen: John Whittingdale has saved free museum entry from cuts. The Arts Council has lost a third of its overall budget and the National Lottery will have to make up the shortfall in the department's budget.
Education
Budget: £53.6bn
Cuts since 2010: 6.4%
Cuts by 2020: -1.1%
Where the axe has fallen: Schools budgets are protected and free school meals for infants were spared, but there is growing pressure from rising pupil numbers. Nicky Morgan has been told to find significant savings to be found in staffing and building costs.
International Development
Budget: £9.9bn
Increase since 2010: +24.1%
Cuts by 2020: +21%
Where the axe has fallen: The spending of 0.7% of GDP on foreign aid will continue despite some anger. Justine Greening will also find £300m for 'fragile' countries and double spending on helping them deal with climate change.
Cabinet Office
Budget: £200m
Increase since 2010: +4.9%
Cuts by 2020:+4.4%
Where the axe has fallen: The Royal Household budget has been frozen and Matthew Hancock is keen to reduce the cost of maintaining its vast property portfolio. Shrinking their estate will save them around £600million every year.
DEFRA
Budget: £1.5bn
Cuts since 2010: 29.9%
Cuts by 2020: -15%
Where the axe has fallen: Flood defence is one of the few areas of Liz Truss' department's protected budget. It has found 30 per cent savings since 2010. Thousands of jobs at quangos including the Environment Agency and Natural England have gone.
Communities and Local Government
Budget: £1.5bn
Cuts since 2010: 51%
Cuts by 2020: -29%
Where the axe has fallen: Greg Clark was one of the first ministers to agree cuts to his budget - around 30 per cent slashed over the next four years. Town halls will be able to increase council tax by more than 2 per cent to plug the gap.
Wales
Budget: £12.9bn
Cuts since 2010: 8.7%
Cuts by 2020: -4.5%
Where the axe has fallen: Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said he will save £260million in three years - a saving of 16p in every pound spent by the department. There will, however, be more spending for the NHS, which has struggled in recent years.
Northern Ireland
Budget: £9.7bn
Cuts since 2010: 8.8%
Cuts by 2020: -5%
Where the axe has fallen: Health and schools budgets in Northern Ireland have been saved from cuts and Theresa Villiers has cut overall spending by £1billion in recent years.
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