UK defence plan sends 'message to Moscow'

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The Defence Secretary says the Government's defebce review will show Britain is ready to respond to rising global threats. John Healey says the strategic defence review will learn lessons from Ukraine and strengthen the UK’s armed forces with better tech, investment, and support for troops. He said it would “send a message to Moscow” that the UK is boosting defence to keep the country safe - and added he has “no doubt” spending will hit 3% of GDP in the next Parliament. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We recognize the world has changed, we will respond, and the SDR is our plan for change for defense.

00:06It's a plan to learn the lessons from Ukraine, it's a plan to meet the increasing threats that we face,

00:11and this is how we'll do it, because the SDR lays out the vision for how we build up our military capability

00:18by combining the power of autonomy and AI alongside our hard metal of artillery and tanks and planes.

00:28It's how we turn the increase in defense investment by switching the overseas development aid into a defense dividend,

00:36bringing jobs across Britain and a stronger British industry.

00:40And finally, it's about putting defense people right at the heart of our plans with better housing, better pay,

00:47and that's the way that we strengthen our armed forces, it's the way that we keep Britain safer,

00:51it's the way that we reinforce the deterrence and the message to Moscow and President Putin and others.

00:56Everything I see about the way the world is changing, the way the Chancellor is fixing the foundations of our economy

01:03after 14 years of failure from the Tories, everything I hear from the Office of Budget Responsibility

01:10that is raising their forecasts of our long-run growth make me have no doubt that we'll meet that ambition

01:16of meeting 3% of defense spending in the next parliament.

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