Rachel Reeves blamed the Tories for looming spending curbs today as she tried to cool Cabinet infighting.
The Chancellor acknowledged ministers will not get 'everything they want' in the spending review due next Wednesday.
But in a speech in Manchester she urged them to recognise 'this is a result of 14 years of Conservative maltreatment of our public services' - signalling she will stick to her fiscal rules. She also repeated the manifesto commitments not to increase income tax, national insurance or VAT.
Ms Reeves talked up £15.6billion of capital investment for mayoral authorities in the North and Midlands, saying she wanted 'renewal for our country'.
The package includes funding to extend the metros in Tyne and Wear, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, along with a renewed tram network in South Yorkshire and a new mass transit systems in West Yorkshire.
