Rachel Reeves reeled off a dizzying list of wildly varying numbers and time horizons, covering programme after programme funded in Britain’s spending review. Over the next five years, £14bn ($19bn) would go to a new nuclear plant.

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves will divide up more than 2 trillion pounds ($2.7 trillion) of public spending on Wednesday in a speech she hopes will foster a sense of national renewal and make clear the year-old Labour government's political priorities.

Rachel Reeves failed to rule out further tax rises in the autumn as new figures showed the economy shrank more than expected in April.The Chancellor has repeatedly said the cost of Wednesday’s spending review is covered by the tax rises she brought in last year,

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to put billions into the NHA and housing in hopes of "renewing Britain” but critics have said it was “almost inevitable” that their will be further tax rises