Health spending will not be cut but NHS expected to ‘find efficiencies’

Rishi Sunak's cabinet hears variation of service across NHS will be particular area of focus'

Health spending will not be cut in the autumn statement, the Guardian understands, but cabinet ministers have been told there would be a programme of reform for underperforming trusts.

Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor and a former health secretary, has warned against complacency and said the government expects the NHS and Department of Health and Social Care to find new efficiencies.