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Helen Corbett

Reeves says spending review will be about ‘making working people better off’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves making a keynote speech to the GMB Union Congress in Brighton (PA) - (PA Wire)

Rachel Reeves has acknowledged that not enough people are feeling the progress Labour has made and said her spending review will be about “making working people better off”.

The Chancellor is expected to announce funding increases for the NHS, schools and defence along with a number of infrastructure projects on Wednesday, as she shares out some £113 billion freed up by looser borrowing rules.

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