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Autumn Statement 2016

The UK Government has set out its first set of spending plans since the decision to leave the European Union.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has said Wales will receive an extra £400m to spend on capital projects.

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Wales gets £400 million from infrastructure plans

Chancellor Phillip Hammond is delivering his autumn statement to MPs Credit: Parliament TV

Chancellor Phillip Hammond says Wales will get £400 million as a consequence of the spending on roads and other infrastructure that he's announced for England.

The Chancellor said high value infrastructure investment will improve Britain's productivity and so he could justify the "short term borrowing" to pay for it.

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