Philip Hammond's speech: what we learned

There were funding pledges for help-to-buy and rail projects in the north but much of it was spent attacking Labour ‘dinosaurs’The chancellor pledged new investment in help-to-buy and the “northern powerhouse”, but much of Philip Hammond’s speech to the Conservative conference in Manchester was dedicated to a full-scale attack on Labour and the party’s economic policies. Related: Conservative conference 2017: Philip Hammond delivers his speech - Politics liveC