Spring Statement: Reeves to make further welfare cuts but boost defence

Britain cuts welfare benefits, boosts defence spending in bid to meet fiscal targets

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves wants to turn the U.K. into a ‘defence industrial superpower’

Think times are tough? Just wait til Labour's 'unexploded bomb' detonates

SO, after all the days of spin and expectation management, what is the verdict on the Chancellor’s Spring Statement? Well, despite Rachel Reeves promising stability, yesterday she admitted the ­financial headroom (or rainy day fund) she had so carefully set aside in October had already been gobbled up. AlamyRachel Reeves admitted the ­financial headroom she had so carefully set aside in October had already been gobbled up during her Spring State…

What changes were made to welfare reforms in the spring statement?

Rachel Reeves announced some adjustments to key plans for benefits announced last week.

UK Government has chosen 'weapons of war over people and public services'

Finance Minister John O’Dowd said the Chancellor had put public services to “the bottom of the pile” of priorities

Spring Statement 2025: fact checked

Our round-up looks at claims from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ statement in the Commons, and the Conservative response.

U.K. Chancellor announces welfare cuts, increased defence expenditure to fix public finances

The Chancellor, who emphasized higher borrowing costs and greater trade uncertainties in the world, also confirmed a previously announced increase in arms expenditures as part of the U.K. increasing its contributions to the defence of Ukraine and Europe