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COMMENT: The chancellor’s fiscal headroom is already compromised by her commitment to tackle child poverty, writes Sean O’Grady. So she needs luck – and to be more boring than ever – to raise the revenue she desperately needs

Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests Treasury is ‘making up the numbers’ as it warns council tax will rise at fastest rate in a generation

Resolution Foundation says half of all public spending will be allocated to the NHS and social care by the end of the decade

The Resolution Foundation warned that funding for the NHS was increasingly coming at the expense of other public services

Latest GDP estimate worse than the 0.1% fall expected by economists

The NHS has received an extra £29 billion per year for day-to-day spending and more cash for capital investment.

The chancellor is no mere technocrat: her spending review revealed a visceral commitment to social and economic mobility, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Chancellor and Sir Keir Starmer both sought to portray the spending review as a ‘new phase’ for the Government.

Rachel Reeves has pledged a £6bn investment aimed at accelerating tests and treatments within the NHS, following substantial year-on-year budget increases for the health service.