Spending Review offers glimpse into future direction of travel - but are more plans coming down the track?

Mixed reaction to government's plans

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Last Wednesday (25 November), Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in the latest Spending Review that the UK's economic crisis has "only just begun", despite positive vaccine-related and health-related news over recent weeks.

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