Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled the biggest UK spending cuts since World War II, with welfare, councils and police budgets all hit.
- £81bn cut from public spending over four years
- £81bn cut from public spending over four years
- 19% average departmental cuts - less than the 25% expected
- £7bn extra welfare cuts, including changes to incapacity, housing benefit and tax credits
- £3.5bn increase
- Rise in state pension age brought forward
- 7% cut for local councils from April next year
- Permanent bank levy
- Rail fares to rise 3% above inflation from 2012
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