Video Guide: the social dimension of the spending review

What will be the medium- and long-term stories of the Spending Review?

Will they be unrelenting in their accounts of loss and victims? Or will we - journalists - be able to capture a more complete picture of the way society and public provision changes?

The Social Dimension

BBC Home Editor Mark Easton reflects on the social changes to expect after the spending review.

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Unlike many other events, this one extends far beyond the time limits of the usual news cycle - it's not one of those topics which will be over and done with in a few weeks time.

In many cases, the stories behind the gloomy predictions and the very real implications of the spending review are only just beginning.

Politically, financially and socially, policy announcements from Westminster and the other UK governments will be played out in every local community and region across the UK.

And that presents journalists with a very particular challenge, according to the BBC's Social Editor Mark Easton.

In this video guide, Mark reflects on the spending cuts as part of something much bigger.

What are the full implications for our audiences? How might we expect our public services and our politicians to work in the future?

What will accountability look like? And who'll be running the services that are, at present, state monopolies? Who'll be responsible if things go wrong?

As the spending review unwinds, there will be stories about cuts and loss. But there'll be another dimension too as society changes.

One story - many different angles.