Chancellor says she is ‘working through a range of options’ to boost the armed forces but does not want to put up taxes
Rachel Reeves has warned “difficult choices” are required to increase defence spending and other budgets may have to be cut, including welfare.
Under pressure for a faster rise in the military budget amid the Iran conflict and Russia’s war in Ukraine, the chancellor said she was “working through a range of options” but preferred not to increase taxes or add to government borrowing.
