Labour Chancellors are particularly good at it. Today’s Spending Review was Reeves’s first big opportunity to let loose.Spending public money is always more fun than the hard work of saving it,...
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Rachel Reeves has announced a £2.5 billion investment in a major new rail project connecting Oxford and Cambridge. The funding will support the continued delivery of the East-West Rail line, aimed...
Spending Review: When is it and what might Rachel Reeves announce?22 hours agoDearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsReutersChancellor Rachel Reeves faces difficult choices in this week's Spending...
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Reeves's spending priorities leave little wiggle room6 hours agoChris MasonPolitical editorGetty ImagesThe words Spending Review may not instantly quicken the heart rate of many, but what we hear...
Reeves to set out spending plans up to next election4 hours agoJoshua NevettPolitical reporterPARachel Reeves is preparing to unveil her highly anticipated spending review, setting out how much money...
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Nine million pensioners will receive the winter fuel payment this year after a humiliating government u-turn. In a major victory for the Daily Express, Chancellor Rachel Reeves insisted she had...
NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low3 hours agoEuan O'Byrne MulliganBBC NewsPA MediaThe NHS has warned that it continues to face a "challenging" blood shortage, as it calls for...
Home secretary yet to agree deal days before spending review57 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentLeila NathooPolitical correspondentPA MediaHome Secretary Yvette Cooper has...
Rachel Reeves and Yvette Cooper are locked in a funding battle ahead of the Spending Review on Wednesday. The Home Secretary’s allies warn that Labour’s crime targets, and its pledge to hire...
Nurses to vote on pay deal as potential strike loomsJust nowHugh PymHealth editor•@bbcHughPymGareth Fuller/PA WireAlmost 350,000 nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be asked...
Keir Starmer is set to give the NHS a £30billion boost in next week's spending review – at the expense of other struggling public services.The Department of Health and Social Care is expected to...
Police investigate heart deaths at NHS hospital5 hours agoMichael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent, BBC NewsBBCPolice have launched an investigation into the deaths of patients following heart...