
British Chancellor Rachel Reeves prioritised spending on health, defence and infrastructure projects to drive economic growth in a bid on Wednesday to reboot the Labour government’s offer of a brighter future to increasingly disillusioned voters.
Setting out day-to-day budgets for government departments from 2026 to 2029 and investment plans out to 2030, Reeves said the priorities of her so-called spending review were those of “working people” so that they are