Claim: Today's budget increases total departmental spending over this Parliament by £150 billion. That's the largest increase this century, with spending growing by 3.8% a year in real terms.
Fact-check: Was the Chancellor right on the Budget increasing departmental spending by the most this century? - Full Fact
Verdict: departmental budgets  are forecast to increase by more over this parliament, in real terms, than any other parliament this century. but they increased more on average each year during the 2001-2005 parliament.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-11-01T00:00:00