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The morning after the spending review before

Ipsos's Gideon Skinner joins the podcast team to weigh up what Rachel Reeves’ spending review told us about the government’s priorities.

It’s the morning after one of – perhaps the – most significant day in this government’s lifetime to date. Ipsos's Gideon Skinner joins the podcast team to weigh up what Rachel Reeves’ spending review told us about the government’s priorities – and how it has landed with the electorate.

Which departments will be happy – and which will be feeling hard done by? What does it mean for public service performance across the country? Has the much-heralded vision of mission-led government survived? And how many levers does it leave the chancellor – and, of course, for Keir Starmer – to pull if things don’t work out?

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