UK’s Healey says government will fill defense plan gap by ‘reprioritizing’

LONDON — Finance minister John Healey said on Wednesday “reprioritization” in other departments would fill a £4.7 billion ($6.3 billion) gap in Britain’s Defence Investment Plan, a blueprint government hopes shows its NATO commitment . In his first budget, Healey said he would also adopt this approach of “looking hard at public spending” to set out the details of how Britain will meet the NATO commitment of spending 3.5% of GDP on defense by 2035, and mark a target date for 3% in 2030. “In today’s budget, I am fully funding the Defence Investment Plan, including through capital…