Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned of ‘tough choices’ as he launched the Comprehensive Spending Review today.
Although he pledged real-terms growth in departmental spending across the period, which runs to 2023/24, Mr Sunak has not fixed a spending envelope due to ‘unprecedented uncertainty’ in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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