Yvette Cooper yet to agree deal days before spending review

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is the last minister yet to agree a funding deal with the Treasury before Wednesday’s Spending Review, BBC News understands.

Ministers have been locked in talks with Chancellor Rachel Reeves and her team ahead of the major financial statement, which sets budgets for government departments covering the next few years.

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner reached a settlement on Sunday evening after “progress” in negotiations, the BBC has learned, but Cooper is holding out in talks also involving No 10.

Police budgets are expected to get a real-terms increase in each of the next three years, but negotiations are ongoing about the wider Home Office budget.

Earlier on Sunday, Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said police needed to “do their bit” towards reforming public…