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Spending watchdog admits Sunak based cut-heavy spending review on forecasts formulated before trial results were in

Rishi Sunak delivers a speech to the Conservative Party conference.
Spending watchdog admits Sunak based cut-heavy spending review on forecasts formulated before trial results were in 
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has courted controversy with a freeze on public sector pay rises and a reduction in foreign aid spending in his coronavirus pandemic spending review.

The financial statement “pivoted between largesse and pain”, with Sunak announcing that pay will not increase for around 1.3 million public sector workers due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, the Financial Times reports.

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