Spending Review: What Is It and What Might Rachel Reeves Announce?

What is Rachel Reeves’ spending review and what might the chancellor announce?

The Independent looks at what the spending review is, why the government has launched one and what is expected to be in it

Who would be a Chancellor? Rachel Reeves faces some horrible decisions next week

The Spending Review won’t address the big issue - the Chancellor will need to find more money later in the year.

Spending review 2025: What is it and what might Rachel Reeves announce?

From the winter fuel payment cap to potential tax rises, here is everything you need to know about the Spending Review being announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday 11 June.

Spending Review: Rachel Reeves to make big announcement next week - how could taxes and pensions be impacted?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to unveil the Labour Government's spending plans over the next Parliament in the next couple of years, which could have consequences for household finances.This comes amid reports that the UK could be forced to raise defence spending to 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by NATO; a cost which will need to be paid for by the British taxpayer. Furthermore, Labour committed to awarding public sector workers…

Spending Review: What is it and what might Rachel Reeves announce?

The Chancellor faces tough choices about spending across different government departments.

What’s the Spending Review and what can expect?

It’s less than a week until the Spending Review announcement, and rumours abound about what departments will get in funding and how it ties in with the Government’s priorities. But how did we get to this system in which departments depend on settlements with the Treasury as part of a broad review of what the government spends its money on? Does it work? How has history influenced it? And what can we expect from next week? We have today published…