Thinktank says Wednesday’s spending review will amount to boost of £9bn, with £4.5bn already accounted forThe Treasury will need to find an extra £5bn from next year to fund the government’s spending promises, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), which said the increase could undermine the Treasury’s commitment...

An end to austerity beckons, but the threat of recession resulting from a no-deal Brexit makes the chancellor’s strategy riskyAs Sajid Javid prepares to deliver his spending round statement this week, Britain is yet again on the brink of another week of Brexit chaos. But in his debut Commons set...