Rishi Sunak gave another strong hint at ÀǶ⠺︺¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës for the Áªµó today as he ¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd the À¯ÉÜ can ¾å¤²¤ë defence spending and ´ËϤ¹¤ë the °µÎÏ on ϫƯ¼Ôs.
On a visit to Berlin, the PM argued that ºï½ü¤¹¤ëing civil service numbers would ²òÊü¤¹¤ë¡¿¼«Í³¤Ê up money for his Í¥Àès.
He ¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd the ·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës to ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence are 'fully ´ð¶âd' and he will still be able to 'Åê»ñ¤¹¤ë in public services and ºï¸º¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë people's ÀǶâs'.
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Asked by ÊüÁ÷¼Ôs whether prioritising defence would ¾×·â other ¤«¤«¤ï¤ê¹ç¤¤s, Mr Sunak ¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd there was 'µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë Åê»ñ in our public services'.
He Äɲ乤ëd: 'We have made a choice and I am not shying away from that choice. All ¼£¤á¤ë¡¿Åý¼£¤¹¤ëing is about prioritising. I have decided to prioritise defence because I think that is the ¸¢Íø thing to do for our country.
'I am not going to get into Îá¾õing the next manifesto here and now, but what I am ³Î¿®¤·¤Æ about is that if you have a strong ·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë for the economy as we have and that ·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë is working, we stick to that ·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë we will be able to continue Áý²Ã¤¹¤ëing defence spending.
'It is a ´°Á´¤Ë ´ð¶âd ·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë. We have got a very ¡Êµ¿¤¤¤ò¡ËÀ²¤é¤¹ idea of how to ¸º¤º¤ë civil service headcount which has grown ¤«¤Ê¤ê over the last few years, and we can bring that »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë and use that to ´ð¶â what I ȯɽ¤¹¤ëd yesterday.
'And ¤È°ì½ï¤Ë that, continue to Åê»ñ¤¹¤ë in public services and ºï¸º¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë people's ÀǶâs.'
Fresh µ¿Ìäs were cast on Âç¿Ãs' room for manoeuvre yesterday with ¿Íʪ¡¿»Ñ¡¿¿ô»ús showing À¯ÉÜ borrowing coming in above ͽ¬¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës.
The public ÉôÌç was ¡ò120.7billion in the red in the year to March, ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ than the previous 12 months but ¡ò6.6billion more than ͽÊ󤹤ëd by the ºâ̳¾Ê ´Æ»ë¼Ô.
Borrowing was ¡ò11.9billion in March, which is ¡ ò4.7billion ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ than a year ago, but higher than the ¡ò10billion ¿äÄꤹ¤ë¡¿Í½ÁÛ¤¹¤ëd by most ·ÐºÑ³Ø¼Ôs.
There was brighter news in the closely-watched PMI, which showed the »äŪ¤Ê ÉôÌç growing at its fastest Ψ for almost a year.
The?reading was 54 in April, up from 52.8 in March - with anything above 50 Âåɽ¤¹¤ëing ³ÈÂç.
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