The Latest Breaking News on Rachel Reeves to unveil £39bn housing boost in spending review shake-up

The Chancellor stresses that health, security and the economy are her priorities for public spending

The spending review is expected to set out tough spending limits for departments other than health, defence and education.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Ongoing rows over cuts and economic policy will not go away with the announcement on Wednesday and will continue to fuel questions over the futures of Reeves and Starmer, says David Maddox

A spokesperson for John Swinney refused to rule out making changes in the wake of the UK Government’s U-turn on winter heating payments.

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves faces her biggest test with the government’s departmental spending plans for the three years from next April until the general election. With nearly £600 billion a year to spend, her decisions will impact on every aspect of public life and shape the political weather for years…

Darren Millar, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, called for Eluned Morgan to apologise to the pensioners affected by the change last winter.

COMMENT: The NHS will emerge from Rachel Reeves’s funding announcement positively awash with extra cash – but alarm bells should already be ringing about the fall in productivity across the health service, says John Rentoul

Sir Sadiq Khan is said to be furious that the city is set to be one of the biggest losers when Rachel Reeves unveils her public spending plans

Exclusive: Chancellor set to unveil Labour’s spending plans on Wednesday but researchers warn she will need to make £5bn of cuts by 2028/29 — even before finding the cash to restore winter fuel payments to pensioners