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Discuss and debate today’s biggest talking points, directly with our journalists. | | An RAF Chinook on an exercise this month in Norway |  | Tony Diver Associate Political Editor | Amid all the noise of the past three weeks, one issue has been quietly rumbling on in Whitehall.
The defence investment plan, which will set out how our Armed Forces will be funded for the next 10 years, has been the subject of heated debate between Treasury bean-counters and military chiefs.
My sources say that Rachel Reeves, the so-called “Iron Chancellor”, is steadfastly resisting attempts by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to increase Britain’s spending on rearmament.
Defence officials have demanded an increase to their settlement in the spending review, announced last June, in light of a £28bn black hole and a warning from the heads of the Services that the country is running dangerously short of military cash. In the latest talks, the MoD’s demand for money has been met with resistance from Reeves’s team, who are exploring innovative ways to raise funds with international partners.
The details of those conversations are disputed, but one thing is clear: Reeves and John Healey, the Defence Secretary, don’t see eye to eye about how to keep Britain safe from the Russian threat.
While we are told that the long-delayed full investment plan is coming this spring, currently the age-old concerns about defence inefficiencies are in conflict with the need to spend more to prop up Europe’s military.
Amid all the noise about scandal in Westminster, this debate really matters. The protection of the realm may depend on it.
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Telegraph View: Defence spending must rise, and rise now ➤ |  | Laura Donnelly Health Editor | Health officials are warning of an “avalanche of anxiety” in Britain, especially among millennials. Mental health is now the leading cause of long-term sick leave, which has risen by 55 per cent since the pandemic. Today, the NHS will urge up to nine million people to seek therapy and deal with problems before they become overwhelming. It’s part of wider efforts to tackle Britain’s worklessness crisis, with the latest figures showing unemployment at an 11-year high.
As Britain pours money into ever-expanding mental health services, questions remain about whether this can cut welfare spending or even keep pace with rising demand.
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|  | Bethan Holt Fashion Director | According to a recent survey, two-thirds of British people believe that 56 is the age at which someone no longer looks good wearing fashionable clothes, while one-in-10 believes we shouldn’t be wearing on-trend clothes past 40. Of course, our fashion editors disagree.
In fact, we’re in a golden age of older women looking and feeling more stylish than ever. Long gone are the days when after a certain age women were relegated to living out their days in dowdy outfits. Now, older women are some of the most powerful in the fashion industry, with more spending power than their younger counterparts and valuable experience which teaches them what does and doesn’t suit them.
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Continue reading ➤ | The sardine sensation Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal reader correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
The humble sardine, rather like the anchovy, has been on quite a journey in recent years. Long regarded as an unglamorous fish, it has now acquired a certain cachet.
Some tinned varieties – I’m thinking of the Ortiz brand in particular, with its red, yellow and blue insignia – have become middle-class status symbols, reliable indicators of aesthetic discernment and faintly questionable spending priorities.
Sardine tins don’t exist merely to furnish rooms, though. There’s a lot to be said for their contents, too. In response to Xanthe Clay’s article on the best and worst supermarket offerings, readers have been sharing their favourite delivery methods.
DL Thompson advises: “Lightly fry your sardines with garlic and chili flakes, then put them on sourdough toast with a squeeze of lemon and some fresh chopped parsley on top”.
“For me”, adds Jim Mckinley, “John West sardines in olive oil are always superbly fresh. On the small side, but sweet and flavoursome. Try them with chopped salad onion and a splash of malt vinegar.”
I like the sound of this, from Adrian Richards: “Just give me sardines in olive oil. I put them in a bowl with a couple of dashes of Tabasco, a couple of dashes of Worcester sauce, pepper, a couple of spoonfuls of Tiptree tomato ketchup, then a nice dash of tequila or vodka. Mix, spread on toast and put under the grill for a couple of minutes.”
Dudley Holley, meanwhile, puts in a word for “Waitrose’s Sardine Piccanti – packed with chili and very tasty”. I would second Dudley on that, though my favourite way to eat sardines is in the Sicilian classic, pasta con le sarde. It’s unique, delicious, relatively easy to make – and, as luck would have it, deep in the archive we have a recipe for it here. How do you like your sardines? Send your responses here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of From the Editor PM, for which you can sign up here.
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