UK finance minister Reeves to hand military $3.9 billion in budget boost, Telegraph reports

(Reuters) – British finance minister Rachel Reeves will hand the UK government’s armed forces a funding boost of almost 3 billion pounds ($3.90 billion) in the Oct. 30 budget, the Telegraph reported on Tuesday.

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(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)