NHS, houses, nuclear submarines: Labour sets out its spending plans - podcast

Economics editor Heather Stewart explores the winners and losers of the government's spending review

The last few weeks have proved difficult for Rachel Reeves. In public, the news has been dominated by Labour's U-turn on the winter fuel allowance. In private, the Treasury has been caught up in wrangle after wrangle with ministers, all negotiating what their departments would receive in the spending review.

Reeves' speech to parliament on Wednesday announcing the review was a chance to tell a more positive story - particularly for a government accused of lacking direction and ambition.