UK politics: Winter fuel payments to be restricted as Reeves says there is £22bn spending shortfall – as it happened

6.51pm BST

Closing summary

• Rachel Reeves has scrapped the social care cap and curbed winter fuel payments, as well as announcing big cuts to hospital and road projects, as she seeks to plug what she called a £22bn hole in public spending that was “covered up” by the Conservative government.

• Junior doctors’ leaders in England have agreed a new pay deal with the government, which could lead to their wages rising by 22.3% over two years.

• Reeves has announced that the government is accepting public sector pay review recommendations in full. The awards include 5.5% for teachers, 6% for members of the armed forces, 5% for prison officers, 6% for judges and 5% for senior civil servants.

We are going to close this blog now but you can read our report on today’s announcement from the chancellor here:

6.46pm BST

Rachel Reeves has now finished speaking so we will be bringing you a summary and wrapping up shortly.