There seems to be a row brewing about the upcoming defence spending review .Philip Hammond seems to be suggesting that his department has been cut enough and further cuts should be made to the welfare budget ,lib dems feel the welfare budget should be protected .
Personally ,although against massive welfare spending i think we could cut the MOD budget a lot more ,we don't need a huge standing army and i think that the MOD can do a lot better as regards it's procurement
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Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has warned he will resist further cuts to the armed forces in Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming spending review.
After Downing Street said publicly last month that the military would not be immune from further financial retrenchment, Mr Hammond has vowed to fight against anything more than modest "efficiency savings".
He said other Conservative Cabinet ministers believed that the greatest burden of any cuts should fall on the welfare budget
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