Don’t believe the hype – there’s nothing George Osborne will say in his autumn statement or spending review that will be of economic significance
Government spending. It’s hard to think of a more important domestic political subject. Nothing MPs do through the year matters more than when they decide how much the state spends, where the money comes from and how it is distributed.
By rights, that makes today a hugely important date in the political calendar. Today we don’t just get the annual autumn statement, which is always one of the two big days in the Treasury’s year. This time we also get the comprehensive spending review, setting targets and budgets for the three years from 2016 to 2019, by which time the next general election will be looming.
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