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Single-department settlements if the Spending Review is delayed would "pre-empt what should be a proper balancing discussion", chancellor insists

Three year review "inappropriate" until withdrawal deal is concluded, says chancellor

Chancellor says it would be "odd" to expect all departments to see funding rise, despite his claim that austerity is ending

Revised public value framework will underline Spending Review focus on value for money, Hammond said in his Spring Statement

Philip Hammond heralded an end to austerity, but with growing pressures set to squeeze services further, his Budget can’t meet the public’s expectations

The chancellor laid out the projections for wage growth across the country on Monday, but didn’t mention civil service pay increases are below inflation. He could change this

More questions than answers for local government and devolution in a Budget that prioritised paving over short-term cracks rather than addressing long-term challenges, says Charlotte Morgan, a policy researcher at New Local Government Network

Chancellor says that the funding mechanism does not provide value for money but confirms half of government infrastructure plan will be privately funded

Chancellor also announces additional funding for Universal Credit after growing pressure 

'If the chancellor wants to keep his excellent civil service, he cannot keep this restraint on public sector pay'

Spring Statement reaction highlights most civil servants not covered by public sector pay review bodes face pay uncertainty despite possible deal for NHS staff

Chancellor says if public finance improvement continues he could increase public spending from 2020

Think tank says chancellor will trumpet lower annual borrowing but report a much bigger deficit than predicted two years ago

Chancellor refuses to rule out the UK remaining in a customs union with the EU after leaving the bloc

The plans announced in the 2017 Budget may help to tackle Britain’s housing shortage in the long term. But in the short term, the extension of Help to Buy and the abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers is good politics but poor policy.

Trade unions blast chancellor for failing to alleviate pressure on the civil service as it delivers Brexit

Report suggests Chancellor Philip Hammond is not planning to offer cash to fund a pay rise

Political climate makes further departmental spending cuts or higher taxes unlikely, report argues

Spending Review 2015 plans "will remain in place", says the new chancellor – but departments will be able to reinvest some of their 2019/20 savings

Foreign secretary tells MPs that government wanted to avoid making "an unwarranted intervention in the course of the campaign" over Britain's place in the European Union

Philip Hammond tells MPs that while Treasury's 25% and 40% cuts call likely to be "aspirational", FCO must make "strategic" savings