Labour slated over plan to prioritise arms firm investment – The National 

What’s on the front page of The National this morning? 

The front page of The National this morning – 03/12/2024 – reports the UK Government has been blasted over new plans to prioritise UK-based defence firms for investment.

1. On Monday, Defence Secretary John Healey launched the Government’s Defence Industrial Strategy, with a view towards growing the UK’s defence sector. Speaking at a London Defence Conference event with investors in London, Healey set an ambition to increase defence sector jobs in “every nation and region of the UK”.
2. THE SNP and Plaid Cymru are to submit a cross-party amendment calling for the reversal of the national insurance tax hike for public services, charities, and small businesses. The pro-independence parties are set to unite along with Green MPs during the National Insurance Bill’s second reading today in the Commons.