内容摘要：Alex Moldoveanu, the cafe's head chef, said it has been "really tough" but the team is now doing "quite well" in the mobile van.

Alex Moldoveanu, the cafe's head chef, said it has been "really tough" but the team is now doing "quite well" in the mobile van.

And it’s only a top-up for a year, with no certainty over long-term funding.A former minister said: “It’s very hard to order for the years ahead - how long can we be talking, when the need is now?”

The government will not say when they expect to hit the 2.5% target - and won’t commit to hitting it before the end of the Parliament in 2029 - causing frustration in some quarters.A senior source said “you either believe it is the most dangerous time in decades and you fund it properly, or you just don’t really believe it, so you don’t.”And earlier on the Today programme, former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace accused Labour of making an effective “cut in our defence budget” by including £3bn of Ukraine funding in it.

If Labour reach the 2.5% target, he said he’d welcome it, “but it’s got to be real money with a timetable”.There is little disagreement that more resources are needed.

John Healey himself has acknowledged the military “have not been ready to fight”. A squeeze on funding over many years had made money tight – the forces “hollowed out”, according to Wallace.

The UK’s support for Ukraine, which has almost universal political support at home, has added to pressure.(formerly Twitter) she was "firmly rooted in the reality of the sheer awfulness of what is to come".

Conservative group leader Robert Alden said: "This is a truly tragic day for Birmingham residents. This finance report lays clear the impact of 11 years of Labour rule on our great city."He added the authority had been "brought to her knees".

Despite the 7 January deadline, the council leader has promised to consult people in the city about its plans.Mr Cotton told BBC Radio WM: "We'll be bringing forward details of all those proposals in the coming weeks, and we're inviting people across the city to comment on that as part of the budget consultation process."