Lincoln, Portsmouth, Rosyth, Glasgow, Stevenage, Barrow, Derby, Blackpool and Sheffield all got a shout out as she ran MPs through some of the greatest hits of her £1.4 trillion annual sending plans. But, as has become the pattern over recent chancellor statements, there was scant mention of London, the metropolis of nine million people and economic superpower that generates much of the tax revenues she will be busily handing out over the next four years of the Parliament.