GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope identified several key takeaways from Rachel Reeves' Spending Review and warned GB News viewers about a "new concern."
The government has unveiled its 2025 Spending Review, outlining where billions of pounds will be allocated and which departments are facing cuts.
One of the most striking features of the review, according to Hope, was how heavily it focused on the Red Wall, those Labour heartland constituencies in England, Wales and parts of Scotland, many of which flipped to the Conservatives in 2019.
Hope explained: "My takeaways were these: it struck me how many towns in the Red Wall of England, parts of Wales, and two Scottish towns were named by the Chancellor.
Christopher Hope revealed his takeaways from the Spending Review
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"It sounded like one of our GB News weather forecasts. She was going around the Red Wall, name-checking all sorts of places you don’t normally hear mentioned from the despatch box by a Chancellor."
He added: "These are places that felt ignored by this government until now. It was a point made by Jo White, chair of the Red Wall Caucus of Labour MPs: why are you not spending money in the north of England, where the money is needed?
"Why are you spending money, Rachel Reeves, in the south around the airports of Heathrow and Gatwick, on the Oxford-Cambridge East-West train line?
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"It didn’t seem fair to them. That’s why we heard today about a review of the Green Book, the value-for-money assessment that guides where the Treasury spends. In future, more cash will go up north."
The NHS emerged as the clear winner, with Reeves announcing "a record cash investment" that will see health spending rise by three per cent annually throughout the review period, delivering an extra £29billion per year.
Several departments face significant cuts, with the Home Office budget falling by 1.7 per cent despite the government's border security pledges.
The transport department faces a five per cent reduction, whilst the environment department will see spending drop by 2.7 per cent, raising concerns from farming groups who warned that nature-friendly farming budgets could be "in the firing line."
Rachel Reeves outlines the Government's Spending Review
The Foreign Office emerged as one of the biggest losers with a seven per cent spending cut, according to Hope's analysis.
Hope also discusses Reeves's vow to end asylum hotels by the next election.
He said: "The headline maybe for GB News viewers is the measure to end the use of asylum hotels by the election in 2029.
Rachel Reeves delivered her Spending Review in the Commons today
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"They currently cost £3.1billion. The plan is to save £1billion by ending their use. What does that mean?
"Almost certainly, it means more use of HMOs houses in multiple occupation. That means, rather than placing asylum seekers in hotels, they will go into flats and homes.
"For some GB News viewers, that could be a new source of concern."
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