Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street to announce the government's Spending Review.Rachel Reeves has announced a record-breaking cash boost for the NHS as she went on a huge spending spree to secure a second term in office for Labour.The chancellor said the health service will receive an extra £29 billion a year from the Treasury – a rise of 3% after inflation.It means that health secretary Wes Streeting is the big winner from her spending review, which sets out Whitehall budgets for the next three years.She said previously-announced changes to her fiscal rules, allowing her to borrow more for major infrastructure projects, have allowed her to allocate £190 billion more to the day-to-day running of public services.On her plans for the NHS, she said: “I am proud to announce today that this Labour government is making a record cash investment in our NHS, increasing real-terms, day to day spending by 3% per year for ever
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