Shadow Health Secretary Divided on UK Defence Spending Increase
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has stated that increased defense spending would boost UK economic growth. However, he has refused to commit to the ambition of increasing defense spending to 3% of GDP.
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Streeting refuses to commit to 3% defence spending ambition
Previous defence minister resigned after warning current spending plan was not enough to keep UK safe
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New defence secretary emphasises military will be spending priority over other departments under Burnham UK politics live – latest updates Wes Streeting has said increased defence spending would make “an enormous contribution” to economic growth as he emphasised that the military will be a spending priority for Andy Burnham’s government over other departments. The new defence secretary, in a speech at the Farnborough airshow, did not make any extra financial commitments but promised he woul...
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