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Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules buffer should be ‘significantly larger’, say peers

UK is on a path to unsustainable debt levels,” the report says. “These issues should be of paramount concern for the government, not least because the last few decades have repeatedly shown that crises occur

Boosting military spending by slashing welfare is not the answer, senior Labour figures warn Reeves

concerns that any more would be unaffordable. On Wednesday, Keir Starmer said he did not agree with the comments from Robertson, a former Labour defence secretary who [co-authored a defence review](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/02/strategic-defence-review-key-points-threats-new-weapons-more-troops)