Deborah Haynes(@haynesdeborah):🚨Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP confirms in his budget speech that he is "fully funding" the defence investment plan (that means finding the missing £4.7bn out to 2030). Some of this will be done through "capital reprioritisation". He doesn't specify what.

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Deborah Haynes@haynesdeborah

2026.10.28 13:16

🚨Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP confirms in his budget speech that he is "fully funding" the defence investment plan (that means finding the missing £4.7bn out to 2030). Some of this will be done through "capital reprioritisation". He doesn't specify what.