The i – Hunt expected to bolster Red Sea military power in Budget defence spending boost  

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to bolster funding for the UK’s military in the upcoming budget, according to i.

The paper says the chancellor is “under pressure” to raise defence spending next month, after a number of Houthi attacks on ships in the area.

And it also reports on what it calls “lockdown nostalgia” in young adults, as it says a third say they were “happier” in the pandemic.