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Rachel Reeves will have to raise taxes by an extra £12bn if she wants to boost defence spending to 2.5pc ...

Managing the pressures of an ageing population on the NHS while ramping up defence expenditure would be an ‘epochal challenge ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces “an impossible choice” as Labour descends into civil war over plans to cut spending. Party ...

Economists have warned that the Chancellor will need to either hike taxes or slash public sector budgets by £6bn annually ...

A cabinet minister has admitted that “more will have to be spent on defence ” in the UK. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds ...

The former head of the British Army has warned Keir Starmer that the military needs serious investment now if peacekeeping troops are going to be deployed to Ukraine. Lord Dannatt told BBC Breakfast, ...

Lord Dannatt, 74, said the UK needs to increase defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP because our military is 'so run down' it could not lead a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.

Russia conflict as European leaders including Sir Keir Starmer meet in Paris to discuss an end to the three-year war.