Reeves Dodges Question on How She Will Pay for Chagos Sell Out

Oliver Dowden posed a straightforward question to Reeves in the Commons just now: “how will she fund the £9 billion Chagos deal – through higher taxes, more borrowing, or spending cuts?” Reeves spluttered:

“Uh…we are in discussions with the new uh Administration in the United States regarding the future of Diego Garcia, and we’ll outline the details in the spending review, as you would expect.”