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Chancellor on course to tighten Whitehall budgets further due to worsening economic outlook

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Rachel Reeves is on course to tighten Whitehall public service budgets further than expected in spending review.

In October budget she left herself just 9.9bn of leeway, out of a total bill for public spending that tops 1trn .

Worsening economic conditions mean that the buffer could now be as little as 1bn .

Treasury is braced for the possibility that on the spring statement she is in breach of fiscal rule.

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