Departments other than health facing day-to-day spending almost one-fifth below 2010 levels to the middle of this decade, says Institute for Fiscal Studies
Despite setting public spending on track to consume 41 per cent of national income by 2023 - its highest level since the mid-1980s - Mr Sunak’s plans are “nothing like as generous as they appear” for most Whitehall departments, said theAnd
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