Defence secretary changes stance under new PM after previously threatening to quit if pledge not met
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The defence secretary has walked away from a Liz Truss commitment to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 – just a few weeks after signalling he might resign from the government if the target was not met.
When asked if he still supported the pledge, Ben Wallace, speaking at a meeting of European defence ministers, said he was “taking it budget by budget at the moment”, acknowledging the changed economic situation following Truss’s disastrous premiership.
Defence secretary changes stance under new PM after previously threatening to quit if pledge not metUK politics live – latest news updatesThe defence secretary has walked away from a Liz Truss commitment to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 – just a few weeks after signalling he might resign from the government if the target was not met.When asked if he still supported the pledge, Ben Wallace, speaking at a meeting of European defence ministers, said he was “taking it budget by budget at the moment”, acknowledging the changed economic situation following Truss’s disastrous premiership. Continue reading…
