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UK’s Reeves spooks MPs with hunt for defense cash
- Reeves pushes for billions for defense funding as the DIP remains effectively on hold.
- Labour weighs further aid cuts to fund defense, sparking internal debate.
- Defense funding focus includes the nuclear deterrent and new high-tech weapons.
- Whitehall official and Labour MP voices caution on further welfare cuts.
- DIP publication delayed; officials unclear on timing.
- No. 10 Downing Street and the Treasury declined to comment.
- DIP delays risk harming defense industry and related businesses.
- Defence Secretary Healey could not guarantee publication before purdah.
- Starmer prioritizes faster defense spending amid ongoing review.
- Analyst warned no route to higher defence spending without cuts elsewhere.
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