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Re: Conservative Leadership Contest 2024
From the new Conservative leader’s first PMQs today
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjw0...50e41e50a#post
Quote:
Conservative leader Badenoch asks the prime minister if he will match the commitment the Tories made to raise defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2030.
Starmer says there is "no more important duty" than keeping people in the UK safe.
He says the government is "committed" to the 2.5% spending on defence, adding that it was last met under the previous Labour government 14 years ago.
Badenoch hits back, saying he will not make that commitment. She says last week's Budget did not mention defence.
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From last week’s budget…
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...ng-2024-10-30/
Quote:
LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday she would provide the defence ministry with an additional 2.9 billion pounds next year and promised an annual 3 billion-pound support for Ukraine would continue for "as long as it takes".
In her first budget speech, Reeves said the extra spending would take Britain towards its goal of allocating 2.5% of GDP towards defence, and ensure the country exceeded the NATO commitment of spending 2%.
She added that the promise to maintain the annual military support to Ukraine came on top of a 2.26 billion pound loan, part of the G7's Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration agreement announced last week, to aid the country in its war against Russia.
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