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Raising defence budget will squeeze other areas of government, Chancellor warns

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Rachel Reeves aims to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP.

She said extra money for the Armed Forces would come out of the same spending envelope used for other priorities.

But she warned other parts of government would have to be squeezed to fund the spending.

Growing debate about when Britain should reach defence spending threshold.