Minister says spending review will mark ‘end to austerity’, as Home Office yet to agree deal – UK politics live

Chris Bryant acknowledges some budgets will be ‘stretched’ with Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, expected to find cuts elsewhere to boost policeRachel Reeves in standoff over policingThe police are not the only group engaged in last-minute lobbying ahead of the spending review. Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, is today urging the government to rule out cuts to social care. He says he wants the government to fund a Lib Dem proposals for all families with caring needs to be assigned a named carer and social worker. In a statement he says:Any further cuts to social care at the spending review would be devastating for the countless people in desperate need of care. Years of Conservative neglect broke the system, with massive consequences for our health service, but now the Labour government is moving at a snail’s pace in addressing this crisis.Without fixing social care, we cannot fix the NHS so it beggars belief that ministers seem willing to let the rot continue. We simply cannot wait more than a decade for reforms to be put in place, whilst the number of people suffering grows.By the end of this parliament we should be able to look every parent in the eye in every region in Britain and say ‘look what technology can deliver for you’.We can put money in your pocket, we can create wealth in your community, we can create good jobs, vastly improve our public services, and build a better future for your children. Continue reading...

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