Spending review 2025

No point in loading money into all these areas however laudable, if we don't have sufficient resources to defend our country. If Trump decides to exit Nato which is apparently a real possibility then we're all in trouble.

I think that you will find that the military are satisfied that the funding - up to 5% - is sufficient. Certainly a vast improvement on the past 10 years, which saw our military cut year on year, with no apparent understanding of the threat.

LizzieDrip

^New accommodation is going to be built for them^

Calendargirl where did you get this information from?

It was on the BBC News website.

I quote ‘Ministers say hotels will be phased out by cutting small boat crossings and building new government-owned accommodation for asylum seekers.’

‘The announcement comes after the National Audit Office(NAC) predicted asylum housing costs will hit £15.3 bn over the next decade- triple the amount budgeted by the Home Office’.

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I used to work with veterans and know one or two personally.

Unless anyone here can tell me otherwise, imo, much is made by our right wing media about how badly our veterans are treated and much of the time, this simply isn’t true.

There is plenty of help from both the government and local and national charities.

IMO, this is a fair and structured spending review. Let’s wait til the budget and then critique.

I’m quite optimistic.

Interesting Calendargirl.

The report on the BBC News website contradicts itself. In addition to the quote you cite above, it also states:

“On Tuesday, Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle told a committee of MPs the government were looking to buy tower blocks and former student accommodation to house migrants as an alternative to asylum hotels.”

So, could be one or both🤷‍♀️

Cossy

I used to work with veterans and know one or two personally.

Unless anyone here can tell me otherwise, imo, much is made by our right wing media about how badly our veterans are treated and much of the time, this simply isn’t true.

There is plenty of help from both the government and local and national charities.

Not so for the 2 I know. Both ignored by the MOD and the closure of Headley Court rehab centre for injured servicemen was no help either. Both left with life-long injuries. One has a supportive and loving family around him seeing him through some very dark times whilst the other sofa surfs and sells The Big Issue.
Recently London News showed a young ex-soldier in a 3rd floor Wandsworth flat. The lifts rarely worked and the flat doors were too narrow for his wheelchair.
Makes you proud to be British.

Sarnia

The question for me is, where is she getting this money?
Reeves has to raise taxes, surely, which will not be a popular move.
Having worked for the NHS I wish they would do a thorough overhaul from top to bottom because eyewatering amounts of money are wasted. Millions could be saved instead of increasing the budget every year.

To the best of my knowledge all the day to day spending announced has been funded by the tax rises announced in the last budget.
I agree about the NHS. So many additions have been bolted on to the original formula that it’s no longer fit for purpose. I wish they could replan everything and start all over again.