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Latest in The Week: Defence Spending, Benefit Cuts and The Spring Statement

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  • The Week: Defence Spending, Benefit Cuts and The Spring Statement

    The Week: Defence Spending, Benefit Cuts and The Spring Statement

    James and Chris are joined by Lucy Fisher and Stephanie Flanders to discuss the week.
    BBC News - 14h

  • Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs

    Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defence
    Financial Times - Mar. 10
  • Reeves to squeeze public spending further in Spring Statement

    Reeves to squeeze public spending further in Spring Statement

    Billions of pounds of savings sought from Whitehall budgets to fill a hole in the public finances
    Financial Times - 3d
  • What will be in Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement?

    What will be in Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement?

    The chancellor’s ship is set to stay afloat despite choppy waters next week, but bigger threats lurk beyond
    Financial Times - 1d
  • Reeves will not raise taxes in Spring Statement, say officials

    Reeves will not raise taxes in Spring Statement, say officials

    Chancellor will rely on a spending squeeze to try to ensure she complies with her fiscal rules
    Financial Times - 2d
  • The Papers: 'Benefit cut for 1m' and 'Putin must not play games'

    The Papers: 'Benefit cut for 1m' and 'Putin must not play games'

    A mix of stories make up the front of Saturday's papers, with a focus on government spending cuts and the war in Ukraine.
    BBC News - Mar. 15

  • Jobless claims little changed, while impact from government spending cuts expected later this spring

    Initial jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 220,000 in the week that ended on March 8, the Labor Department said Thursday.
    MarketWatch - Mar. 13
  • Germany’s Merz agrees spending deal with Greens

    Germany’s Merz agrees spending deal with Greens

    Agreement paves way for flagship defence and infrastructure package to be adopted by parliament next week
    Financial Times - Mar. 14
  • What will be in the chancellor's Spring Statement?

    What will be in the chancellor's Spring Statement?

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves will give more detail about the government's plans for the economy.
    BBC News - Mar. 9
  • Germany votes for historic boost to defence spending

    Germany votes for historic boost to defence spending

    The move alters the German constitution, allowing the country to increase its military spending.
    BBC News - 3d
  • G.O.P. Spending Bill Would Force $1 Billion Cut to D.C. Budget

    G.O.P. Spending Bill Would Force $1 Billion Cut to D.C. Budget

    Republicans omitted a standard provision approving the District’s budget in a stopgap funding measure needed to avert a shutdown before the end of the week. The result would be a 16 percent cut.
    The New York Times - Mar. 11
  • In rural Louisiana, Speaker Mike Johnson’s constituents fear potential Medicaid cuts

    In rural Louisiana, Speaker Mike Johnson’s constituents fear potential Medicaid cuts

    In House Speaker Mike Johnson’s backyard, many residents rely on anti-poverty programs to help make ends meet — and are pleading with the Louisiana Republican to protect those benefits as Congress ...
    NBC News - Mar. 12
  • Tensions grow over UK government plan to cut welfare payments

    Tensions grow over UK government plan to cut welfare payments

    Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall prepares to slash spending on health-related benefits
    Financial Times - 4d
  • Reeves’ cuts to total over £10bn in bid to restore UK finances

    Reeves’ cuts to total over £10bn in bid to restore UK finances

    Departmental spending squeeze and benefits crackdown part of chancellor’s bid to fill fiscal hole
    Financial Times - 7h
  • OECD cuts UK growth forecasts as Reeves grapples with weak economy

    OECD cuts UK growth forecasts as Reeves grapples with weak economy

    Downgrade comes ahead of Spring Statement, when official forecasts are expected to show much weaker GDP outlook
    Financial Times - 4d
  • The Papers: 'Biggest cuts since austerity' and 'evil' family killer

    The Papers: 'Biggest cuts since austerity' and 'evil' family killer

    Thursday's front pages look ahead to the forthcoming Spring Statement and share details from a murderer's sentencing.
    BBC News - 1d

  • Austerity redux? Spring Statement lookahead

    Plus: Europe prepares to scale down reliance on US security
    Financial Times - 12h
  • Burn pit fund for veterans on chopping block in GOP spending bill

    Burn pit fund for veterans on chopping block in GOP spending bill

    Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs fund ...
    The Hill - Mar. 14
  • Rising mental ill health behind higher welfare bill, report says

    Rising mental ill health behind higher welfare bill, report says

    The government is identifying cuts to the welfare budget ahead of the Spring Statement, with the PM working to rally MPs to support the move.
    BBC News - Mar. 12
  • Benefits crackdown unveiled with aim to save £5bn a year by 2030

    Benefits crackdown unveiled with aim to save £5bn a year by 2030

    Measures include restricting eligibility for disability payments and cutting benefits for health conditions.
    BBC News - 3d
  • Merz presses Greens to name their terms for German defence spending rise

    Merz presses Greens to name their terms for German defence spending rise

    ‘What more do you want from us?’ asks chancellor-in-waiting as he seeks urgent support for fiscal rule changes. Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting has tried to win over the Greens to his ambitious but ...
    The Guardian - Mar. 13
  • If even Germany is embracing higher spending, why on earth can’t Labour? | William Keegan

    If even Germany is embracing higher spending, why on earth can’t Labour? | William Keegan

    Russia has pushed Europe into a quasi-Keynesian approach to the defence budget. Only Britain insists on cutting help to the sick to pay for security. As the president of the US provokes trade and ...
    The Guardian - 5d

  • These tax cuts and benefits could help caregivers in crisis — can they get through Congress?

    The financial burden of caring for ailing loved ones could be eased through two bipartisan legislative proposals introduced this week.
    MarketWatch - Mar. 14
  • Benefits reform will ensure fairness, minister says, as opponents criticise expected cuts

    Benefits reform will ensure fairness, minister says, as opponents criticise expected cuts

    Proposals to change benefits rules to be unveiled on Tuesday have provoked unease among Labour MPs.
    BBC News - 4d
  • The Week: NHS Reforms, Benefit Battles and Tariff Tactics

    The Week: NHS Reforms, Benefit Battles and Tariff Tactics

    Adam, Vicki, Faisal and Nick discuss the political stories of the week.
    BBC News - Mar. 14
  • UK government borrowing overshoots expectations

    UK government borrowing overshoots expectations

    Official figures will add to pressure on chancellor as she prepares for Spring Statement next week
    Financial Times - 16h
  • Government borrowing higher than expected as pressure builds on Reeves

    Government borrowing higher than expected as pressure builds on Reeves

    The latest figures for the UK economy add pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her Spring Statement next week.
    BBC News - 15h

  • No European defence without Germany

    The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need strategy as well as spending
    Financial Times - Mar. 8
  • More than a fifth of UK adults still not looking for work

    More than a fifth of UK adults still not looking for work

    Official figures come after controversial plans to cut sickness and disability benefits were announced this week.
    BBC News - 1d

  • Boosted defence spending will come at cost of manifesto pledges

    Government should level with public about which promises it cannot afford to keep
    Financial Times - Mar. 10
  • Germany set to vote on historic increase in defence spending

    Germany set to vote on historic increase in defence spending

    German MPs could pave the way for huge investments to defend Europe against a threatening Russia.
    BBC News - 4d
  • 'If I lose my benefit payments I'll struggle to get to work'

    'If I lose my benefit payments I'll struggle to get to work'

    People on long-term sickness and disability benefits tell the BBC they fear how cuts will affect them.
    BBC News - 3d
  • Does cutting benefits actually work?

    Does cutting benefits actually work?

    The government has set out plans to save billions of pounds from the welfare bill - how have previous attempts to do this fared?
    BBC News - 3d

  • Germany’s Greens vow to block Merz’s flagship spending package

    Party officials reject €500bn infrastructure fund plan and change to debt borrowing rules to fund defence spending
    Financial Times - Mar. 10

  • House GOP budget plan would cut domestic spending by $13 billion

    House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled his plan to avert a government shutdown by Friday night. The short-term stopgap bill would fund the government until Sept. 30, increase defense spending by ...
    CBS News - Mar. 10
  • GOP's Burchett berates CNN anchor over spending cuts coverage

    GOP's Burchett berates CNN anchor over spending cuts coverage

    Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday attacked CNN’s coverage of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) spending cuts and accused the network of trying to rally its viewers against ...
    The Hill - Mar. 11

  • Senators to Trump Social Security nominee: 'You will be responsible' if benefits are interrupted

    As the Social Security Administration cuts staff, that could impact the agency's ability to pay millions of benefit checks each month, Democratic senators warn.
    CNBC - Mar. 12
  • Saint Laurent closes Paris fashion week with bold statement of intent

    Saint Laurent closes Paris fashion week with bold statement of intent

    Broad shoulders and slim skirts reflected designer Anthony Vaccarello’s intention to create a ‘simplicity of silhouette’. Saint Laurent has cross-generational cool. On the last night of Paris ...
    The Guardian - Mar. 12
  • Sweden is 'no longer a country that cannot be trusted'

    Sweden is 'no longer a country that cannot be trusted'

    Sweden and Finland's defence sectors are benefiting from their countries joining Nato.
    BBC News - Mar. 6
  • ‘Not quite yet beautiful’: Republicans at odds over spending cuts after meeting Trump

    ‘Not quite yet beautiful’: Republicans at odds over spending cuts after meeting Trump

    Senate Republicans aren’t seeing eye to eye with their colleagues in the House over places to cut spending in order to pay for their extension of the 2017 Trump tax cuts. GOP members of the Senate ...
    The Hill - Mar. 14
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