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GUNNING FOR JOBS
Sunday People
|March 23, 2025
Raising defence spending will create work, says Chancellor
BOOSTING defence spending will not just keep Britain safe, it will create more jobs, Rachel Reeves will say in this week's Spring Statement.
The Chancellor will also hit back at critics who accuse her of ushering in a new age of austerity.
And ahead of her crunch speech on Wednesday, she told us: "I'm proud it was a Labour government that pledged to increase defence spending to 2.5% in 2027.
This story is from the March 23, 2025 edition of Sunday People.
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