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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has <\/b>unveiled the contents <\/b>of the UK’s first multi-year spending review since 2021.<\/p>\n
The review sets the day-to-day budgets of government departments over the next three years, used to pay staff and deliver public services.<\/p>\n
It also sets their investment budgets until the end of the decade, to pay for new infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, and military kit.<\/p>\n
Here is a summary of the key points. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Health<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n- Day-to-day budget for the NHS in England to go up by 3% in real terms on average over the next three years, reaching \u00a3226bn by 2029<\/li>\n
- Pledge to deliver \u00a317bn in health service savings over three years by boosting productivity by 2%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Education<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n- Core schools budget in England to go up by 0.4% in real terms on average over the next three years, reaching \u00a369.5bn by 2029<\/li>\n
- Free school meals to be extended<\/a> to around 500,000 more children whose parents are receiving benefits, costing around \u00a31bn up to 2029<\/li>\n
- Extra \u00a3615m this year to partially fund a 4% pay rise for teachers in England, with schools expected to fund a quarter of the rise through “improved productivity”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Crime, justice and borders<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n- Home Office day-to-day budget to go down by 1.7% in real terms over the next three years<\/li>\n
- The “spending power” of police forces will go up by an average 2.3% per year in real terms by 2029, assuming local taxes go up too<\/li>\n
- Annual funding for the Border Security Command, responsible for tackling small boat crossings, to increase by up to \u00a3280m by 2029<\/li>\n
- Pledge to end the use of hotels to temporarily house asylum seekers before the next election<\/li>\n
- The Ministry of Justice budget, which pays for prison and court costs, to see average real-terms rises in day-to-day spending of 1.8% a year<\/li>\n
- \u00a37bn allocated until 2029 to help build 14,000 new prison places in England and Wales by 2031<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Defence <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n- Ministry of Defence day-to-day budget to go up 0.7% in real terms, with investment spending over the period averaging 7.3%<\/li>\n
- Defence spending is due to rise from 2.3% to 2.5% of overall economic output by 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nHousing and local government<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n- \u00a339bn allocated for social housing in England between 2026 and 2036, an average of \u00a33.9bn a year over the period compared to \u00a32.3bn currently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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PA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nTransport, energy and environment<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n- \u00a315.6bn allocated between 2027 and 2031 for transport projects<\/a> in English city regions outside London<\/li>\n
- Additional \u00a311.5bn committed towards the cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear power plant<\/a> in Suffolk, which will also require private investment<\/li>\n
- \u00a33 cap on single bus fares in England extended until March 2027<\/li>\n
- Rules used by Treasury officials to assess proposed infrastructure projects to be updated <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
International affairs<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n- Foreign Office day-to-day budget to go down by 6.8% in real terms over next three years, largely due to reduced aid spending<\/li>\n
- Overseas aid will make up spending 0.3% of national income by 2027, under previously-announced plans<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n
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- Day-to-day budget for the NHS in England to go up by 3% in real terms on average over the next three years, reaching \u00a3226bn by 2029<\/li>\n
- Pledge to deliver \u00a317bn in health service savings over three years by boosting productivity by 2%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Education<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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- Core schools budget in England to go up by 0.4% in real terms on average over the next three years, reaching \u00a369.5bn by 2029<\/li>\n
- Free school meals to be extended<\/a> to around 500,000 more children whose parents are receiving benefits, costing around \u00a31bn up to 2029<\/li>\n
- Extra \u00a3615m this year to partially fund a 4% pay rise for teachers in England, with schools expected to fund a quarter of the rise through “improved productivity”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Crime, justice and borders<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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- Home Office day-to-day budget to go down by 1.7% in real terms over the next three years<\/li>\n
- The “spending power” of police forces will go up by an average 2.3% per year in real terms by 2029, assuming local taxes go up too<\/li>\n
- Annual funding for the Border Security Command, responsible for tackling small boat crossings, to increase by up to \u00a3280m by 2029<\/li>\n
- Pledge to end the use of hotels to temporarily house asylum seekers before the next election<\/li>\n
- The Ministry of Justice budget, which pays for prison and court costs, to see average real-terms rises in day-to-day spending of 1.8% a year<\/li>\n
- \u00a37bn allocated until 2029 to help build 14,000 new prison places in England and Wales by 2031<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Defence <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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- Ministry of Defence day-to-day budget to go up 0.7% in real terms, with investment spending over the period averaging 7.3%<\/li>\n
- Defence spending is due to rise from 2.3% to 2.5% of overall economic output by 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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- \u00a339bn allocated for social housing in England between 2026 and 2036, an average of \u00a33.9bn a year over the period compared to \u00a32.3bn currently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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- \u00a315.6bn allocated between 2027 and 2031 for transport projects<\/a> in English city regions outside London<\/li>\n
- Additional \u00a311.5bn committed towards the cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear power plant<\/a> in Suffolk, which will also require private investment<\/li>\n
- \u00a33 cap on single bus fares in England extended until March 2027<\/li>\n
- Rules used by Treasury officials to assess proposed infrastructure projects to be updated <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
International affairs<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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- Foreign Office day-to-day budget to go down by 6.8% in real terms over next three years, largely due to reduced aid spending<\/li>\n
- Overseas aid will make up spending 0.3% of national income by 2027, under previously-announced plans<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n
- Additional \u00a311.5bn committed towards the cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear power plant<\/a> in Suffolk, which will also require private investment<\/li>\n
- \u00a315.6bn allocated between 2027 and 2031 for transport projects<\/a> in English city regions outside London<\/li>\n
- \u00a339bn allocated for social housing in England between 2026 and 2036, an average of \u00a33.9bn a year over the period compared to \u00a32.3bn currently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
- Extra \u00a3615m this year to partially fund a 4% pay rise for teachers in England, with schools expected to fund a quarter of the rise through “improved productivity”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n