42 m. ago Spending review latest: Reeves to pledge £39bn to tackle housing crisis with boost to NHS and defence expected

Chancellor is set to unveil plans for all department funding on Wednesday

Economics

72 m. ago Will the Chancellor launch tax raid on the wealthy and how could it work?

Rachel Reeves' u-turn on winter fuel payments and increased spending will need to be paid for. Most experts think tax rises in the Budget are now inevitable.

Economics

2 h. ago Labour’s spending review – five key charts underpinning spending to reboot the economy

What the chancellor has considered when setting out investment to improve services and security through to the next electionRachel Reeves will announce her highly awaited spending review on Wednesday amid pressure on the government to invest in national security and public services and to reboot the UK economy.In what will be a defining policy announcement of the current parliament, the chancellor’s address to the Commons will outline Labour’s day-to-day spending plans for the next three years up to the next general election. Continue reading...

Economics

3 h. ago ‘Jam today, pain tomorrow’: why the UK repeatedly overshoots budget forecasts

History of optimistic official outlooks fuels concern that Rachel Reeves will struggle to achieve goal of eliminating deficit

Events

5 h. ago Key points announced ahead of Rachel Reeves’ spending review

The review is expected to see boosts for the NHS, defence and schools.

Politics

7 h. ago Amazingly there are 12% of voters who think Rachel Reeves does a GOOD job! Survey gives damning insight into Chancellor's policy backlash

The YouGov survey, published on the eve of the Chancellor's spending review today, showed widespread disillusionment with her performance since taking office last year.

Politics

7 h. ago Rachel Reeves rocked by jobs slump: Shock figures show quarter of a MILLION jobs have gone since tax

In a blow that makes a mockery of the Chancellor's claim to have 'fixed the foundations' of the economy, official figures showed a quarter of a million jobs have gone since her Budget last year.

Economics

8 h. ago Spending review latest: Reeves to announce £39bn affordable homes plan to ‘turn the tide on housing crisis’

Chancellor is set to unveil plans for all department funding on Wednesday

Economics

9 h. ago Spending Review: 'We'll make working people better off,' vows Reeves but fears grow that London will miss out

The Chancellor stresses that health, security and the economy are her priorities for public spending

Economics

9 h. ago Rachel Reeves pledges £39bn to build hundreds of thousands of affordable homes for Brits

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce plans to spend £39billion on a new affordable homes programme over the next decade as part of her long-awaited Spending Review

Economics

10 h. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to promise Wales nearly half a billion pounds for rail

An initial funding settlement of £445m for new rail projects in Wales will be confirmed by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the Comprehensive Spending Review

Politics

11 h. ago Old Trafford, M60 upgrades and new railway lines: The big Greater Manchester projects Rachel Reeves could fund this week

Here are the big projects in Greater Manchester which local leaders will be hoping to get some funding for in the Spending Review

Politics

14 h. ago Bus users protected from price hikes as Rachel Reeves gives major update on £3 cap

Rachel Reeves is expected to extend the nationwide price cap on single trips for bus passengers in the Spending Review - which was due to run out at the end of the year

Economics

14 h. ago Reeves’s spending review is not the end of Labour’s bitter civil war – it’s only the beginning

Ongoing rows over cuts and economic policy will not go away with the announcement on Wednesday and will continue to fuel questions over the futures of Reeves and Starmer, says David Maddox

Events

14 h. ago What London wants from the Spending Review as speculation grows Rachel Reeves set to snub capital

A source close to Sadiq Khan said ministers ‘must not return to the damaging, anti-London approach of the last government’

Politics

15 h. ago Rachel Reeves spending review: When will the Chancellor announce the plans? What is a spending review?

The Spending Review will be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday.

Politics

15 h. ago Why is sorry the hardest word? Keir Starmer joins Rachel Reeves in refusing to apologise for Labour's winter fuel chaos

The Prime Minister insisted it was 'the right decision' to originally axe the handouts, worth up to £300 a household, for around 10 million retirees last winter.

Events

15 h. ago Scottish Government refuses to rule out changes to pensioners’ winter payment

A spokesperson for John Swinney refused to rule out making changes in the wake of the UK Government’s U-turn on winter heating payments.

Politics

16 h. ago Welsh FM accused of doing ‘nothing’ to protect pensioners from winter fuel cut

Darren Millar, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, called for Eluned Morgan to apologise to the pensioners affected by the change last winter.

Politics

16 h. ago Acorn carbon capture project funding to finally be announced in Rachel Reeves spending review

Details of funding for the Acorn project are set to be announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves as part of Wednesday’s Spending Review.

Economics