UK defence minister says government still plans to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030
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The UK’s armed forces minister, James Heappey, has suggested he would resign if the prime minister did not fulfil her leadership promise to raise defence spending, after the new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, said no department would be immune to cuts.
Hunt said the full reversal of Liz Truss’s economic plans meant “decisions of eye-watering difficulty”, and suggested nothing was off the table, including defence and health spending and the pensions triple-lock.
UK defence minister says government still plans to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030UK politics live – latest news updatesThe UK’s armed forces minister, James Heappey, has suggested he would resign if the prime minister did not fulfil her leadership promise to raise defence spending, after the new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, said no department would be immune to cuts.Hunt said the full reversal of Liz Truss’s economic plans meant “decisions of eye-watering difficulty”, and suggested nothing was off the table, including defence and health spending and the pensions triple-lock. Continue reading…
