Rachel Reeves’ spending headache just got a lot worse

With just two weeks until Rachel Reeves’ spending review, there are calls from across the Labour frontbench for more cash — just as the Chancellor needs to tighten the purse strings.

But perhaps the most striking intervention comes from the UK's top police chiefs — including Sir Mark Rowley — who today warned that the Government's crime targets will suffer if funding is slashed. This comes despite a £3bn increase in funding and 20,000 new officers since 2016.

Can Rachel Reeves balance economic control with growing spending demands from her own party? And does she risk being outflanked by Nigel Farage's Reform UK?

Elsewhere, away from Westminster, King Charles is in Canada at the state opening of parliament — and did he make a not-so-subtle dig at Donald Trump’s ambitions to annex his northerly neighbours?

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