Reeves announces billions of cuts in Spring Statement

There's also a warning the forecast for growth in the UK economy is poorer than thought.

Paris Gourtsoyannis

More money for defence, but deep cuts to benefits.

These were the main announcements from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement today.

There’s also a warning the forecast for growth in the UK economy is poorer than thought.

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