Rachel Reeves slammed over ‘repackaged’ Spending Review
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the UK government's spending review, which sets the budgets for all government departments over the next few years. The review decides how much of taxpayers ...
Labour MPs saw a different side to Rachel Reeves on Wednesday evening. Fresh from delivering her spending review, the chancellor faced a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, telling them to go out and “sell” what she had just announced to voters.
The chancellor announces a 3% annual rise for the NHS and £39bn for affordable homes in the Spending Review, but cuts day-to-day budgets of some key departments.
Britain’s Labour government sought to regain the political initiative as Treasury chief Rachel Reeves set out her spending plans for the coming years, including big increases for health, defense and housing.