Chancellor Rachel Reeves put a £29 billion-a-year rise in NHS funding at the heart of her spending plans but other Whitehall budgets will be squeezed and experts warned tax rises may be needed later this year.Ms Reeves acknowledged that "too many people in too many parts of our country" were yet to feel the benefits of the change they voted for when Labour was swept to power last year as she pushed money towards projects outside of London and south-east England.She insisted she would not need to

Chancellor Rachel Reeves put a £29 billion-a-year rise in NHS funding at the heart of her spending plans but other Whitehall budgets will be squeezed and experts warned tax rises may be needed later this year.Ms Reeves acknowledged that "too many people in too many parts of our country" were yet to feel the benefits of the change they voted for when Labour was swept to power last year as she pushed money towards projects outside of London and south-east England.She insisted she would not need to mount another tax raid to pay for her plans but experts warned the money for the NHS might still not be enough and the Government is under international pressure to boost defence funding further.