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Rachel Reeves has taken intention at Nigel Farage throughout her Spending Review by suggesting he spends an excessive amount of time in a Westminster pub. The Chancellor stated the Reform chief is commonly on the Westminster Arms however she joked “perhaps the Two Chairmen would be a better fit”.

This follows Zia Yusuf quitting as Reform’s chair last week and being replaced by David Bull on Tuesday.

That is another favourite among politicians, civil servants and journalists in Whitehall. Ms Reeves unveiled her government’s £600billion budget plans in the Commons during her Spending Review on Wednesday.

She announced total departmental budgets will grow by 2.3% per year in real terms.

Ms Reeves also promised that the Government will end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by the next election.

She told MPs: “I can confirm today that led by the work of my right honourable friend the Home Secretary, we will be ending the costly use of hotels to house asylum seekers in this Parliament.

“Funding that I have provided today, including from the transformation fund, will cut the asylum backlog, hear more appeal cases and return people who have no right to be here, saving the taxpayer £1 billion a year.

“That is my choice, Mr Speaker, that is the Labour choice, that is the choice of the British people.”

The Chancellor additionally introduced an additional as much as £280 million per yr for the Border Security Command by the top of the spending overview interval, which leads on the UK’s technique to crack down on individuals smuggling and small boat crossings.