英国利物浦——英国财政大臣约翰·希利将于周一坚定支持企业投资国防领域，这是他将称之为的新工业化驱动的一部分，旨在刺激英国疲软的经济增长。
LIVERPOOL, England — British finance minister John Healey will put his support firmly behind firms investing in defense on Monday, part of what he will describe as a new industrialization drive to try to spur the nation’s anaemic economic growth.
作为财政大臣，希利将在执政工党年度大会上发表首次演讲，旨在为首相安迪·伯纳姆在7月成为十年来英国第七任领导人时承诺的“再工业化英国”增添实质内容。
In his first speech to the governing Labour Party’s annual conference as finance minister, Healey will aim to put flesh on the bones of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s pledge to reindustrialize Britain when he became the nation’s seventh leader in a decade in July.
希利曾因认为前首相基尔·斯塔默在国防开支上不足而辞去国防大臣职务，他将表示，“新工业化时代”将见证英国企业交付数十亿英镑的国防项目，例如在苏格兰克莱德建造三座新的潜艇浮动船坞。
Healey, who resigned as defense minister under former Prime Minister Keir Starmer over what he felt was inadequate spending on defense, will say a “new age of industrialization” will see British firms deliver multi-billion pound defense projects, such as three new floating docks for submarines in Clyde in Scotland.
希利在一份声明中说：“支持英国造船厂不仅能增强国家安全，还能保障将推动当前增长、同时为国家未来所需建设能力的产业韧性。”
“By backing British shipyards, we are not only boosting national security but also securing resilience in the industries that will drive growth today while building the capabilities the country needs for the future,” Healey said in a statement.
伯纳姆承诺到2035年将核心国防预算增加至占GDP的3.5%，以达到北约目标。
Burnham has pledged to meet a NATO target of increasing the core defense budget to 3.5% of GDP by 2035.
这一宣布预示着希利希望通过演讲传达的信息——伯纳姆政府希望通过国防等领域的投资创造新就业岗位，从而促进增长、降低失业率和福利开支。
The announcement is a taste of what Healey hopes to signal with his speech — that Burnham’s government hopes the route to boosting growth and reducing unemployment, and the welfare bill, will stem from new jobs created by investments in sectors such as defense.
在一个旨在向工党成员和议员传递希望信息的大会上，新政府也面临着应对相互竞争压力的艰巨任务——伯纳姆承诺让公众从生活成本压力中喘息，但这需要代价。
At a conference aimed at firing up Labour members and lawmakers with a message of hope, the new government also has a difficult task in navigating competing pressures — Burnham has promised to offer the public breathing space from cost-of-living pressures, but there is a cost to that.
随着中东冲突影响能源成本，且在希利10月28日首份预算案前政府财政紧张，英国新任财政大臣的操作空间非常有限。
With conflict in the Middle East impacting energy costs and government finances tight ahead of Healey’s first budget on Oct. 28, Britain’s new finance minister has little room to maneuver.
在国防方面，他的政府还面临着填补其国防投资计划中 47 亿英镑（62 亿美元）缺口的需求，一些军事专家表示，这一蓝图在兑现英国增加国防开支的承诺方面还远远不够。
On defense, his government also faces the need to fill a £4.7 billion ($6.2 billion) gap in its Defence Investment Plan, a blueprint some military experts say does not go far enough in meeting Britain’s promise to increase defense spending.
希利迄今尚未说明政府是否将在 2030 年前实现国防开支占 GDP 3% 的目标——这是他曾想要但未能说服斯塔默承诺的目标，也是他辞去国防大臣职务的部分原因。
Healey has as yet not set out whether the government will reach defense spending of 3% of GDP by 2030 — a target he wanted but failed to persuade Starmer to sign up to, part of the reason he quit as defense minister.
伯纳姆的新任国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷表示，国防将推动英国的再工业化。
Burnham’s new defense minister Wes Streeting said defense would drive Britain’s reindustrialization.
“国防开支应让英国在各方面都变得更强大，”斯特里廷说。“这意味着在我们的工业能够交付的地方，支持英国、购买英国产品。”
“Defense spending should make Britain stronger in every sense,” Streeting said. “That means backing British by buying British wherever our industry can deliver.”