UK Ministers Protest Spending Cuts in Letters to Starmer
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Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have both warned of tough budgetary decisions ahead.
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Senior ministers have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressing their alarm at the scale of spending cuts that their departments face in the UK budget due in less than two weeks, people familiar with the matter said.
Multiple members of the premier’s cabinet have sent formal letters to the premier about cuts they’re being asked to make in the one-year departmental spending review to be announced alongside the budget, according to the people, who requested anonymity discussing behind-the-scenes communications. They spoke about the letters on the condition the departments involved weren’t identified.