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Chancellor announces £39bn boost for social housing, £29bn for NHS and £11bn for defence – and promises to close all asylum hotels as she takes a swipe at Farage and dismisses Tory warnings of a ‘cruel summer’ of tax rise
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Rachel Reeves cheered beleaguered Labour backbenchers with record investment in her spending plans as she unveiled major boosts for the NHS, social housing and defence.
In her long-awaited spending review, the chancellor also promised to save £1bn by closing all asylum hotels as she took aim at Nigel Farage and Reform.
