{
  "subject": "reeves-grudgingly-resorts-to-departmental-salami-slicing-to-fund-uk-defence-budget",
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "title",
      "proposition": {
        "predicate": "title",
        "object": "Reeves grudgingly resorts to departmental salami slicing to fund UK defence budget"
      },
      "time": {
        "asserted": "2026-06-13T04:23:35.736Z"
      },
      "force": "alleges",
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        "witness": "wire-ingest",
        "citation": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/12/rachel-reeves-departmental-salami-slicing-uk-defence-budget-keir-starmer"
      },
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    },
    {
      "id": "url",
      "proposition": {
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        "object": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/12/rachel-reeves-departmental-salami-slicing-uk-defence-budget-keir-starmer"
      },
      "time": {
        "asserted": "2026-06-13T04:23:35.736Z"
      },
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      "provenance": {
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        "citation": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/12/rachel-reeves-departmental-salami-slicing-uk-defence-budget-keir-starmer"
      },
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    {
      "id": "summary",
      "proposition": {
        "predicate": "summary",
        "object": "<p>Starmer shows no will to pursue the main options for rising commitments: spending cuts, tax rises or borrowing</p><p>When Keir Starmer wanted to promise Donald Trump that the UK would increase defence spending, he decided to fund it by slashing the UK’s aid budget – <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/28/anneliese-dodds-resigns-keir-starmer-cut-aid-budget\">losing a cabinet minister</a>, Anneliese Dodds, in the process.</p><p>This time around, with John Healey’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) demanding an additional £18.5bn over four years to fund the <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/09/rows-over-defence-investment-plan-have-badly-harmed-cabinet-relations\">defence investment plan</a>, there was no such lever to hand.</p> <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/12/rachel-reeves-departmental-salami-slicing-uk-defence-budget-keir-starmer\">Continue reading...</a>"
      },
      "time": {
        "asserted": "2026-06-13T04:23:35.736Z"
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    {
      "id": "published",
      "proposition": {
        "predicate": "published",
        "object": "Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:00:37 GMT"
      },
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        "asserted": "2026-06-13T04:23:35.736Z"
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