'Healey to defer defence spend target' and 'Fergie's coming home'
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Source: BBC News
Published: 2026-08-29 09:53 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Europe, Military & Defence, Economy & Finance, Tax & Budget, Elections, World News, Business & Economy, War & Conflict
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Several of Saturday's papers focus on the UK's defence spending. The Financial Times says Chancellor John Healey "will shelve his own target of spending 3% of Britain's GDP on defence by 2030" in his first Budget in October.
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