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Badenoch accuses Burnham of ‘fiddling’ while Putin threatens to burn Europe
Badenoch says 3% of GDP by 2030 needs welfare cuts, while Burnham rejects reducing benefits to fund the military.
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch proposed increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030, funded by capping housing benefits to raise £4 billion and address growing security threats.
- Admiral Lord West, former First Sea Lord, warned that Britain's military is in "quite a parlous state" amid intensifying Russian threats, facing "grey zone" dangers including cyber attacks and drones.
- Former chief of the general staff Lord Dannatt urged a clear path to 3.5% GDP spending at the Budget, while Badenoch warned Britain must stop pretending it lives in a "carefree end of history."
- Last week during Prime Minister's Questions, Andy Burnham rejected the welfare cuts, stating national security cannot "come at the expense of social security," while Downing Street insisted it backs military funding but not "crude cuts."
- The Government currently plans to raise defence spending to 2.7% by 2027-28, countering inaction claims by citing Ukraine support and GRU sanctions, while France and Poland take action against Russian threats.
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Badenoch accuses Burnham of ‘fiddling’ while Putin threatens to burn Europe
The Tory leader has urged the Prime Minister to cut welfare spending to fund defence.
·London, United Kingdom
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Andy Burnham accused of sending 'dangerous message' to Vladimir Putin as Russia 'threatens to burn Europe'
Andy Burnham has been accused of sending a "dangerous message" to Vladimir Putin by refusing to cut welfare spending to fund defence.Kemi Badenoch delivered a scathing indictment of the Prime Minister's approach to Britain's defence spending amid fears the Russian President is eyeing up ramping up his war across Europe. “Our Government is fiddling while Europe is at risk of burning," the Tory leader fumed. "In France and Poland, leaders are taki…
·London, United Kingdom
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