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Wednesday newspaper round-up: defence spending, LSEG, Sports Direct

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Wednesday 02 Sep 2026

(Sharecast News) - The chancellor, John Healey, must be prepared to raise taxes for middle earners if he wants to fund significantly higher defence spending, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has said. Healey resigned from Keir Starmer's government in June, protesting against what he argued was the then prime minister's failure to...

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