One set of businesses are already feeling the pain from the successful completion of the spending review. Westminster pizza outlets have come to rely on large orders from the Treasury the night before a spending review or Budget announcement, but the deal was sealed on Sunday night, and so all was calm last night in Westminster. George Osborne still snuck in a cheeky burger and chips (and thought it a good idea to tweet a slightly unappetising picture of himself tucking in), but that was as he made his finishing touches to the speech itself, rather than an attempt to keep going through last-minute negotiations with an angry Cabinet colleague.
Parliament will be buzzing, but we’re unlikely to get much more detail today beyond how much each department will cut. A few papers trail some of the more popular decisions: a ‘temperature test’ for expat winter fuel payments and more money for the spooks.
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