First and deputy first ministers hit out at Reeves’ Spring Statement | EUROtoday

An improve in UK defence spending is a part of a “macho agenda of militarization” Northern Ireland’s first minister has stated.

Michelle O’Neill was talking after the chancellor used her Spring Statement to verify a further £2.2bn for the Ministry of Defence within the subsequent monetary 12 months.

Rachel Reeves stated the extra spending was wanted to “secure Britain’s future in a world that is changing before our eyes”.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly stated Reeves has chosen to punish these least in a position to take the burden.

Little-Pengelly stated defence spending was a “necessity” however that she believed her selections had been “a consequence of a lack of economic growth”.

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