bear that out? and where does mr hammond find money for some of the extra spending he announced today? 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed takes a closer look. today philip hammond certainly try to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts and towards spending and tax cuts. the ending of austerity, he said. next year ending of austerity, he said. next yeaer hammond said ending of austerity, he said. next year mr hammond said the government would spend 2.3 billion pounds on public services and that figure would rise to 30.6 billion pounds by 2024, the biggest change in public spending for at least a decade. well, the prime minister said the chancellor are very difficult challenge with her declaration that it was the end of austerity and i think today he over delivered on expectations. the reason he was able to do that was because he got a big improvement in the public finance forecast from independent forecasters with the result that...