UK government spending: where the cuts will fall

Jeremy Hunt set aside an extra £3.3bn for the NHS this year and next year in his autumn statement. Photograph: Cultura Creative RF/Alamy

Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement included £28bn in public spending cuts – much of it backloaded until after the next general election – but the pain will not fall equally across government departments. While health and education will get more, inflation will eat into budgets for justice, transport and big infrastructure projects. Here’s how the plans stack up.

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