Labour pressure to ease welfare squeeze adds to Reeves’ headaches

Rachel Reeves faces calls to spell out how she will fund Sir Keir Starmer’s goal of restoring winter fuel payments to pensioners (PA) - (PA Wire)

Rachel Reeves is under pressure to find money to fund the winter fuel payment U-turn and ease child poverty amid mounting pressure from within Labour.

The Chancellor will set out her spending review next month, allocating funding to departments for the coming years, with £113 billion of capital projects to transform the country’s housing and infrastructure.