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Is the Chancellor’s cancelled speech another sign an early election is looming?

28 August 2019

1:11 AM

28 August 2019

1:11 AM

Sajid Javid has this afternoon cancelled a speech he was due to give tomorrow, and brought forward the one-year spending review to early September. It was due to take place later in the autumn. A statement from the Treasury said ‘the forthcoming Spending Round will instead be brought forward in early September and will cover the themes and priorities he was due to outline’.

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