UK Government to Set Out $3 Trillion Make-or-Break Spending Plan
British finance minister Rachel Reeves will divvy up more than 2 trillion pounds ($2.7 trillion) of public money between her ministerial colleagues on Wednesday, making choices that will define what the year-old Labour government can achieve in the next four years.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Reeves will have to pick between the demands of the public health service - which absorbs around 40% of day-to-day departmental spending - increased defence commitments and other priorities including policing, energy infrastructure, transport and housing...
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