WORCESTER'S MP has fired a letter to George Osborne ahead of his big spending announcement - urging him to back some major investments in the city.

Robin Walker has penned a note to the Chancellor urging him to consider several key areas, including:

- Worcester's A4440 Carrington Bridge, which needs around £70 million if the county council is to meet its ambition of dualling it

- Parking at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, which is desperately over-stretched at peak times of the year

- The city's schools, which are lobbying for fairer funding to address a near-£1,000 per-pupil shortfall compared to Birmingham

- A faster train service to London so people from Worcester can get there in two hours or less, to remind Mr Osborne of the long running campaign on it

The MP's plea comes ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review on Wednesday, November 25 which will spell out how the Government will spend its money between now and 2019/20.

As we revealed yesterday, Mr Osborne has already struck agreements with several departments including local government, transport and the environment to cut around 30 per cent over the next four years.

Mr Walker has also sent him a 200-page business case for dualling the congested Carrington Bridge, which at the moment is due to be untouched despite the county council currently spending £41 million dualling the rest of the Southern Link Road.

In terms of the schools, the letter comes just after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan visited Worcester last Friday for talks with headteachers.

During her trip she said the Government would deliver on a "clear manifesto commitment" over fairer funding, but it will very much depends on the Treasury finding the cash.

The train service plea aims to build on the well-established campaign to improve services, which back in January was named 'Fast Track Worcester' to ensure ministers keep it at the back of their minds.

Mr Walker said: "Like everything else we'll have to see what happens but I've got eight or nine things I wanted to remind him of and those are the key ones.

"Fundamentally, nobody will be surprised to see my priorities for the city, I've also sent in the 200-page business document from the county council for the Carrington Bridge."

Mr Osborne's review will be dominated by how he plans to shed £20 billion from public spending.