Deputy PM says cabinet still working through ideas, while not dismissing call for higher defence spending

Dominic Raab has come under pressure over the government’s failure to come up with new policies to tackle the cost of living, while not ruling out higher defence spending.

The deputy prime minister was on Wednesday pushed on the government’s lack of big ideas to deal with the cost of living crisis and high inflation, after a cabinet brainstorming session came up with a string of minor policy tweaks.

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