'Renewal on the Clyde' promised as chancellor announces £11bn defence spending uplift

Government priority to ‘keep country safe’ – Chancellor backs defence spend

We spoke to Chancellor Rachel Reeves about the government’s spending plans. Krishnan Guru-Murthy: Chancellor, you’ve taken defence spending to 2.6% in these numbers. The head of Nato says unless you get to 3.5%, you may as well start learning Russian. How’s your Russian? Rachel Reeves: We have put in the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Second World War, taking us to 2.6% of GDP by April 2027. But we’ve also se…

'Renewal on the Clyde' promised as chancellor announces £11bn defence spending uplift

Rachel Reeves announced £4.5 billion will be invested in munitions in Glasgow, Glascoed, Stevenage and Radway Green, with "renewal on the Clyde" promised as part of a 2.6 per cent rise in defence spending.