Darling pledges more spending on health, education and aid - The Guardian 10th October 2007

Alistair Darling yesterday pledged to keep on raising public spending on Labour's priority areas of health, education and overseas aid, to be paid for by a big increase in borrowing. Presenting his first pre-budget report and comprehensive spending review to parliament, the new chancellor made clear that the rapid spending growth of recent years was giving way to much more restrained rises as the economy enters more uncertain times.

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