Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on the announcement of the Spending Review this autumn, said:

“Less than a fortnight after the Budget and it is obvious the Chancellor doesn’t have a plan for sensible savings to public services.

“Departments are not being given a clear sense from the Treasury of what to plan for in the Spending Review, particularly since we’ve seen three sets of spending plans in the last few months.

“Britain’s public services need a coherent plan to balance the books and put productivity first, not a Chancellor who chops and changes from month to month, ditching manifesto commitments on childcare, rail electrification and elderly social care.”

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