内容摘要："I've always been that way - I like to light up the room."

"I've always been that way - I like to light up the room."

The chancellor has said a crackdown on government "waste" will ensure key public services can be prioritised for funding.Rachel Reeves said departments would be asked to identify 5% "efficiency savings" as part of a review to set their budgets for the coming years.

The review, to conclude next June, will see ministers haggle for money as Labour sets the political tramlines for the next election.But the Conservatives have poured scorn on the suggestion Labour would make the public sector more efficient.On Tuesday, Reeves said she wanted to find "efficiency savings within government spending of 5%" as part of the review.

It is understood that departments will be asked to reach this figure over the three-year review period, and will be able to reallocate money saved within their budgets.The Treasury has told departments that they will be expected to prioritise spending on policies that contribute towards the "plan for change" set out by the prime minister in a speech last week.

This set "milestones" to deliver before the next election in areas such as building more homes, clearing hospital backlogs and ensuring children are ready for school.

The Treasury says the chancellor will "work with departments to prioritise spending that supports the milestones to deliver the plan", indicating that some areas not deemed a priority will be downgraded.The inquiry was announced in

after warnings from health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and a damninginto the deaths of two men in Essex.

Bereaved families and campaigners launched a petition, signed by 100,000 people, calling for mental health deaths in the county to be debated in Parliament.Six months later, the former NHS North Essex Partnership Trust was