Joseph Timan

The Spending Review is finally upon us. Here's my round-up of what Greater Manchester will be looking out for tomorrow and over the rest of the week @MENnewsdesk https://t.co/xDh51vmPsK

'£1,182 per person for London and £486 for northerners? That isn't right' - the latest figures illustrating an ever-growing gap in public spending on transport @IPPR @IPPRNorth @MENnewsdesk https://t.co/uL6WsmjBNy

Rachel Reeves and Andy Burnham are now talking to the poor souls who've been standing at the back for more than an hour and a half @MENnewsdesk https://t.co/zVH4oEAXTg

Rachel Reeves refuses to commit to a new railway line between Manchester and Liverpool but says there is "more to come" in the spending review next week @MENnewsdesk

"Next week there will be more to come," Rachel Reeves says as she closes her speech @MENnewsdesk

This has ended up being quite a long and wide ranging speech. The Chancellor started by talking about the economy at large and her fiscal rules before listing lots of local transport projects that will get funding. Now she's talking about saving British Steel @MENnewsdesk

More enthusiastic nodding from Andy Burnham and transport secretary Heidi Alexander as Rachel Reeves announces the "biggest" investment in public transport @MENnewsdesk

Andy Burnham nods enthusiastically as Rachel Reeves announces that there will be a new approach to decision making in government that allows for investment in "all of our nations and regions, not just a few" @MENnewsdesk

"We will not be balancing the books by cutting investment," Rachel Reeves says that there'll be an extra £113bn to spend @MENnewsdesk

Rachel Reeves says not every department will get everything they want in the spending review next week. She says that's not because of her fiscal rules but the consequence of 14 years or mistreatment of public services @MENnewsdesk

Awkward applause from a few Greater Manchester council leaders who are at the front. Problem is they're outnumbered by reporters who are obviously keeping quiet @MENnewsdesk

Rachel Reeves says, "contrary to conventional wisdom", she didn't come into politics to stick to fiscal rules. She came into politics to improve the lives of working people @MENnewsdesk

Rachel Reeves says as a Leeds MP, she's familiar with promises that come to nothing. She says she's determined to change things @MENnewsdesk

Rachel Reeves says underinvestment is the "central barrier" to economic growth and promises to fix that problem @MENnewsdesk https://t.co/46vHQrVG7W

"My offer to the Chancellor today is to achieve an even higher level of growth in the next decade than the last decade," Andy Burnham says. He says this could mean Greater Manchester's best decade since the Victorian era @MENnewsdesk

Andy Burnham says the "best news of all" today is that the government is backing the Bee Network with £2.5bn. He promises the funding will go right around Greater Manchester. This includes new tram-trains in Rochdale, Metrolink in Stockport and new tram stops @MENnewsdesk

Andy Burnham kicks off ahead of the Chancellor's speech. He announces 160 T-Level places linked to the Bee Network @MENnewsdesk https://t.co/DLPctDXeyM