Badenoch: Starmer’s defence plan is just an announcement

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch scrutinises Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2026-28, calling it “just an announcement” as “a lot of the things they’ve announced in this strategic defence review require money”.      Report by Ajagbef. 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 need to get to 3% by the end of this Parliament. The world is getting more and more dangerous

00:05and a lot of the things which they have announced in this strategic defence review require money.

00:10And I have always said that we need plans, not just announcements. Until we can see how

00:15it will be funded, it's just an announcement. We need to see it by the end of this Parliament.

00:19Otherwise many of the plans which they have put even in this strategic defence review

00:23just will not happen. We need to give certainty to the defence industry as well. We can see

00:29threats emerging globally all over the place, whether it's Russia or Iran. You know, a terrorist

00:35plot foiled just a few weeks ago. A lot needs to be done to ensure that we can fund our defence.

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