Rachel Reeves will set out her spending strategies for the coming years this afternoon in a Costs Review anticipated to lay the path for major tax increases.

But it is also likely to involve squeezes for other departments as the Chancellor looks for to keep within the straight jacket of financial rules she has set for herself.

Her space for manoeuvre has likewise been additional constrained by the Government's U-turn on winter season fuel payments, which will see the advantage paid to pensioners receiving approximately ₤ 35,000 annually at a cost of around ₤ 1.25 billion to the Treasury.

Among the expected losers are the police, with Yvette Cooper's pleas for more cash to assist with lowering criminal activity believed to have fallen on deaf ears, despite alerting it might cause less bobbies on the beat.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is prepared to reveal real-terms increases for the service every year, but there are worries that it might not suffice.

However the Home Secretary is apparently to be placated with more than half-a-billion pounds to plough into reinforcing the UK's borders - consisting of drones to identify migrants in the Channel.

The full information will be exposed in the Commons, but numerous announcements have currently been made.

They include:

₤ 15.6 billion for public transport tasks in England's city regions