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Key contributions to sustainable development:
1. Building a strong and productive economy and a fair society where there is opportunity and security for all.
2. A transparent public expenditure delivery framework, based on public service agreements (PSAs) that focus on delivering public services in areas integral to achieving sustainable development in the UK, such as reducing and eliminating child poverty and reducing unemployment.
3. Making use of the fiscal system, where appropriate, to tackle environmental externalities through developing further existing environmental taxes, such as the recent increases in the standard rate of landfill tax; creating tax incentives for cleaner technologies through enhanced capital allowances and adding an environmental dimension to transport taxation, for example through fuel duty differentials to encourage the use of cleaner fuels.
4. A commitment to strong local government, supporting local authorities in their delivery of key public services to all communities, for example through the introduction of the three year revenue and capital settlements, which will improve local authorities' ability to made sustainable long-term plans.
5. Continuing to meet relevant sustainable development objectives in public procurement by having a comprehensive and thoughtful approach to value for money and whole life costs of goods and services procured and by building relevant sustainability issues into the procurement process as early as possible.
HMT - Sustainable Development Action Plan
Updated: 4 April 2006