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Reeves, the Archangel of Hope, fails miserably at making us all feel better off

The chancellor vowed to renew Britain in her spending review but it all felt like an exercise in cognitive dissonance

The Guardian - UK

Reeves unveils record spending plans but experts warn of tax rises ahead

Chancellor announces £39bn boost for social housing, £29bn for NHS and £11bn for defence – and promises to close all asylum hotels as she takes a swipe at Farage and dismisses Tory warnings of a ‘cruel summer’ of tax rises

The Independent UK

Reeves’s spending review was big on the long term but light on the everyday

Her capital-heavy approach will fuel pressure for commitments that make a more immediate difference to people’s lives

The Guardian - UK

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London stocks climb higher after ‘watershed’ spending review

The FTSE 100 index closed up 11.27 points, 0.1%, at 8,864.35.

Evening Standard

Spending review 2025: who are the winners and losers?

Rachel Reeves has announced big boosts to capital spending, but is squeezing the budgets of most government departments. How happy will ministers be?

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

'Bombshell' council tax rise warning over Rachel Reeves' police funding plans

Chancellor accused of ‘relying on a hidden council tax bombshell to fund a half-hearted rise in police funding’ as she outlines Spending Review

Evening Standard

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Five key points for Scotland from Rachel Reeves’s spending review

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves set out her spending plans for the next three years today – which will have an impact on Scotland

The National (Scotland)

Reeves pledges funds for northern rail but London left short

North and the regions benefit but Sadiq Khan disappointed as capital secures only one major request

The Guardian - UK

Government’s £445m for railways in Wales branded ‘peanuts’ by Tories

The investment in Welsh rail announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her spending review will be spent on new stations and upgraded lines.

Evening Standard

UK agrees post-Brexit deal with EU for ‘fluid’ border between Gibraltar and Spain

Agreement marks a breakthrough after five years of tense negotiations over the border with Spain that have been ongoing since Britain left the bloc in 2020

The Independent UK

Britain will be ‘defence industrial superpower’ with extra cash, Reeves says

Defence is one of the areas of Government spending which benefited most at the spending review on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves came out fighting — but there are big problems down the line

Analysis: Chancellor accused of unveiling a spending review which is ‘full off numbers, few of them useful’

The Independent UK

How will Rachel Reeves’s pledge to end asylum hotels work?

The government wants to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029

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Evening Standard

Spend every penny of increased cash on affordable housing, charity urges

The Chancellor announced an increase of £39 billion for housing in the next decade.

Evening Standard

Murray asks who Scots voters ‘trust to spend’ £9.1bn rise in funding

The Scottish Secretary was speaking after Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out her spending plans for the next three years.

Evening Standard

No disciplinary sanction for doctor’s ‘grave’ failures in care of Martha Mills

Professor Richard Thompson did not refer the 13-year-old to intensive care despite her displaying several high-risk indicators of sepsis.

Evening Standard

London 'short-changed' in Rachel Reeves' Spending Review despite bumper deal for TfL

Rachel Reeves was accused of ‘shortchanging’ the capital with little cash for infastructure, schools and policing

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The Independent UK

Voices: How Labour’s spending review was shaped by Reform UK

COMMENT: The chancellor insisted her choices were ‘Labour choices’. But as I watched her deliver her statement, I couldn’t help thinking that much of it was aimed at seeing off the rising threat to Labour from Nigel Farage, writes Andrew Grice

The Independent UK

UK Government’s £50m pledge for Casement Park an enormous step forward – O’Neill

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly responded by stating that sport across Northern Ireland is ‘crying out for financial support’.

Evening Standard

‘Painful’ budget measures likely, say economists as Chancellor lifts spending

On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves said it was non-negotiable to meet her fiscal rules.

The Independent UK

Casement park rebuild given boost after Government pledges £50m in spending review

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill says it is now time to get the GAA stadium built

Evening Standard

Reeves will need ‘Corbynist catalogue’ of tax rises to back up spending – Tories

The Chancellor said the Treasury had ‘already drawn a line under the Tory mismanagement with tax rises last year’.

Evening Standard

400 jobs at risk as Alexander Dennis seeks to ‘consolidate’ bus manufacturing

The firm is looking to base its UK manufacturing work in Scarborough, with jobs in Falkirk and Larbert in Scotland now at risk of redundancy.

Evening Standard

Charities hail ‘biggest cash injection in affordable housing in half a century’

Housing charity Shelter has described the funding as ‘a watershed moment in tackling the housing emergency’.

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