Defence spending increase

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macron

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168 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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So we had a budget ten minutes ago, and they forgot to mention this. What's being cut to pay for it do we know?

Not saying it's a bad thing given the state of the world right now, but, local elections you're going to get spanked in aside, seems odd to announce it.... Right now..?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68880171

macron

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168 months

Wednesday 24th April
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68893859

Answers my initial question, 70,000 fewer civil servants is the cost. Which is a lot of things no longer being done. Marvelous.

macron

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9,964 posts

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Wednesday 24th April
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A fair point, I remember Gordon Brown removing "50,000 civil service posts", my neighbour was a high up in DEFRA and said they've been furiously creating "posts" for months, with no one in, only to delete them to meet his claim.