Healey orders 1% capital budget cuts to fund defence
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Chancellor John Healey has instructed all government departments to cut 1% from their capital budgets to fill a £4.7bn gap in the Defence Investment Plan, building on earlier 1% cuts requested to fund the initial £10.3bn of the overall £15bn plan. Healey faces scrutiny over how the UK will meet its 3% defence spending target by 2030.
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- 1Unclassified fact stationOct 29, 00:00recorded Oct 29, 01:45single sourcerevised
Healey orders 1% capital budget cuts to fund defence
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- Subject：
- Chancellor John Healey
- Action：
- told departments to make 1% cuts
- Object：
- capital budgets
- Occurred (fact side)：
- Oct 29, 00:00
- Published (valid side)：
- Oct 29, 01:32
- First seen (known side)：
- Oct 29, 01:45
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Report first recorded Oct 29, 01:45
Chancellor John Healey has directed all government departments to find 1% cuts in their capital budgets to fill a 4.7 billion pound hole in the Defence Investment Plan. This follows earlier 1% cuts requested to fund the initial 10.3 billion pounds of the 15 billion pound plan. Healey faces pressure to explain how the UK will meet its target of spending 3% of national income on defence by 2030.
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