Britain’s defense sector vies for stretched finances ahead of budget [Video]

Liverpool, ENGLAND — British defense officials are vying to secure more funding as Finance Minister Rachel Reeves’ upcoming Autumn budget risks exacerbating already beleaguered efforts to boost military investment.

Maria Eagle, the U.K.’s minister of defense procurement, joined a chorus of voices that called on the sector to prove that it could be more efficient under the new government, as the Treasury grapples with allocating its stretched finances.

“We’ve got to make sure that there is an understanding across government — and especially in the Treasury — that spending money on defense is a good way to spend it,” Eagle told a packed room of delegates at the Labour Party conference over Sept.22-25.

“Let’s …