Has Rachel Reeves made the right choices? Our panel responds to the spending review

Sahil Dutta , Kirsty Major and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah weigh in on the spending review.

They say it is not a return to austerity, but it is a step in the right direction.

The OBR predicts that it will bring house prices down by 0.8% by 2029 .

Kirsty says the housing crisis is based on a fallacy based on supply-side thinking.

The chancellor is overlooking household economic security as a lever for growth.

Unless we also boost day-to-day spending in key departments, living standards will continue to decline.

Investing in social infrastructure will improve lives almost immediately and have just as great long-term effects.