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Whitehall departments are told to find fresh savings to pay for a £10bn boost to Britain's defence spending

Whitehall departments are told to find fresh savings to pay for a £10bn boost to Britain's defence spending

Government departments must now squeeze their own budgets to pay for extra military spending. The £10bn defence uplift is to be funded through new Whitehall cuts rather than fresh money.

The order comes on top of savings departments have already been asked to find.

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