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The NHS and housing are two big winners of this week’s spending review

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Spending on the health service will rise by three per cent in real terms.

By the end of the decade it will account for 40 per cent of all current spending.

Housing received a 39bn commitment over ten years , as well as funding from higher social rents.

But this very sensible policy also risks being undone by other factors.

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