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Jeremy Hunt defends civil service job cuts to increase defence spending
BBC via AOL· 5 days agoMr Hunt confirmed the spending, which will gradually increase over the next six years, would be...
Sunak defends plan to ‘prioritise defence’ as he declines to rule out other cuts
Press Association News via AOL· 5 days ago“Alongside that, continue to invest in public services and cut people’s taxes.” The Prime Minister...
Grant Shapps and Civil Service union clash over planned job cuts to pay for defence spending splurge
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“Rishi doesn’t say anything on things like money without really going to the nth degree – more than...
War footing as Sunak ramps up defence spending
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoOfficials said the annual increase would partly be funded by plans to cut the Civil Service to pre-Brexit levels, saving £2.9 billion. Mr Sunak had been...
Britain to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, Rishi Sunak announces
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDefence secretary Grant Shapps has called for Britain to spend 3 per cent of its GDP on defence...
Trump trial live updates: Ex-president awaits gag order contempt ruling as hush money testimony set...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoOn Monday morning, the former secretary of state and 2016 presidential candidate reshared a 2021...
UK to ramp up defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by decade's end, Sunak says
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNonetheless, ministers in the Sunak government have called for ambitious new defence spending and...
Rishi Sunak vows to boost UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030
BBC via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoBen Zaranko, an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, said this implied the...
Defence secretary Grant Shapps aims barb at US after historic Ukraine aide package approved
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHe has come under significant pressure from backbench Conservatives to boost defence spending amid...
72,000 civil service job cuts will pay for £75bn in defence, says Grant Shapps
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDefence Secretary Grant Shapps said it was “reasonable” to cut 72,000 civil service jobs to fund...