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National security can’t come at expense of social security, Burnham tells PMQs
Burnham said defence spending will rise without cutting housing benefit, rejecting Tory plans that would raise £4 billion through welfare savings.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham faced Tory leader Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions, where they clashed over defence spending and welfare cuts.
- The Tories proposed funding defence increases by cutting £4bn from housing benefit, a plan Prime Minister Burnham rejected, warning it would create mass homelessness.
- Mrs Badenoch accused the government of prioritizing £35 billion for the Chagos Islands over troop training, while Burnham countered that defence spending was 2.3% of GDP under the previous Conservative government.
- While the government committed to reaching 3.5% of GDP by 2035, Badenoch labeled Burnham "continuity Keir" and criticized the failure to cut the £408.6bn welfare bill.
- Burnham insisted his strategy involves reducing the welfare bill by tackling the nearly one million young people not in education, employment or training, known as Neets.
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Burnham says defence uplift 'can't come at expense’ of welfare
Andy Burnham has said an uplift in defence spending will not come “at the expense” of benefits. During Prime Minister’s Questions, Burnham said “national security can’t come at the expense of social security” in response to attacks from Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the absence of plans to get defence spending up to three per [...]
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