Reeves is closed in the UK, facing spending with four ministers

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Rachel Reeves faces a confrontation with four senior ministers in the cabinet, where the spending review to the wire decreases, despite the allegations of the allies that the consultant increases spending by 300 billion pounds in Parliament.

Angela Rainer, Deputy Prime Minister, Fight To defend housing budgets and local government, while Evit Cooper, Minister of Interior, is trying to enhance police spending on a “mission” to reduce the crime of work.

Meanwhile, government officials confirmed that Ed Miliband, Minister of Energy, and Bridge Philipson, Minister of Education, have not yet yet settled their budgets, although final decisions will be announced on June 11.

Miliband has been closed in one of the biggest conflicts with the cabinet, including excessive financing of the “warm homes” insulation plan, carbon capture projects, and GB Energy, the new energy company.

Reeves allies said that “the vast majority” of Whiteon departments have now settled their budgets over the next three years, leaving these ministers hold better deals to fight on a Rausing a degree of money.

However, the critics of the consultant within the government said that “accountants” in the treasury are now putting a government policy, ignoring the “missions” set by Sir Kiir, in the election statement in the Labor Party. One of the officials said, “He is crazy.”

They argued that, given that the Treasury has settled budgets with low priority departments, it may now arbitrate the financial differentials between areas such as education, police, housing and green energy.

This opinion is not shared in the treasury, which argues that Reeves is not a strong advisor who was portrayed by some of the Labor Party deputies and that it has already been largely eased of the portfolio chains.

“Within this spending review, there are 300 billion pounds to distribute it between the departments due to the decisions taken by the advisor in the budget last year,” one of Reeves An ally said.

Reeves budget last October diluted Financial rules On capital spending, allow the consultant to distribute 113 billion pounds to the rest of the parliament for roads, railways, green energy and other infrastructure projects.

Meanwhile, the Reeves team says it will also spend 190 billion pounds on daily spending over the five years of parliament, which was planned by the conservatives. Ha Budget in October Increasing taxes by 40 billion pounds per year and added an average of 28 billion pounds of borrowing every year to Parliament.

“The message in reviewing spending is that we will invest in Britain’s renewal,” said Reefs ally. “We will invest in security, health and economy in the country.”

Refiz Under pressure from the work deputies To raise taxes or relax her borrowing rules to allow more spending, but the chancellor will insist that she already heads a major financial dilution.

Labor Party deputies are invited to vision of Reeves and Darren Jones in the coming days to be given “good news” on how to allocate some 113 billion -year -old multi -year -old spending spending, according to one official.

The Treasury is also rewriting its “Green Book”, which is a framework for assessing value for money for public projects, to ensure that more money is allocated to the “productive” areas that go beyond London and the southeast.