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Friday newspaper round-up: Defence spending, Metro Bank, Aston Martin

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Friday 17 Apr 2026

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has warned "difficult choices" are required to increase defence spending and other budgets may have to be cut, including welfare. Under pressure for a faster rise in the military budget amid the Iran conflict and Russia's war in Ukraine, the chancellor said she was "working through...

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