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RIBA scoffs at chancellor’s spending promises

By and 2019-09-05T06:00:00

Sajid Javid TB

‘Long way to go to reverse damage of a decade of cuts’

RIBA chief executive Alan Vallance has poured cold water on the government’s spending review promises.

On a day overshadowed by other political events, Chancellor Sajid Javid pledged an “infrastructure revolution”.

In what was widely taken as pre-electioneering, he said Boris Johnson’s administration would “build and invest in every region and nation of this United Kingdom”.

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