Right, have figured out what's happened to normal public service spending for next year - it's been cut by £10bn vs what was set out back in March. So £14.8bn increase next year is 40% less than previously planned 
Why is this important? Because it points to the structural challenge the government has in rhetorically sticking to it's pre-crisis strategy of ending austerity/loads of money around, while substantively trying to tone it down given we have a smaller economy
Chancellor is basically hoping he can spend like hell on Covid, but hold the line on IT ALL being temporary. This is a bold assumption (think health, social care, - not to mention it requires him to cut £1000 from 6million families in April which isnt going to happen)
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