Sajid Javid drops first big speech, encouraging early election talk

The decision to scrap major speech by the chancellor is understood to have come from No 10. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/ShutterstockThe first major speech by the chancellor, Sajid Javid, has been mysteriously cancelled by the Treasury less than 24 hours before it was due to take place.A Treasury spokesman said that the one-year spending review, called a spending round, which had been due to take place later this year, was now being fast-tracked to take place in early September, adding fuel to s