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Penny Mordaunt urges UK to boost defence spending to counter Russia’s threat

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Penny Mordaunt said the UK is "still holding back on defence spending" and needs to go further in order to deter Russia when she appeared on BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on 9 March. Asked by host Laura Kuenssberg if the West had underestimated Russia for a long time, the former Defence Secretary said, “I always argued that we need to be doing more to bolster our defences." “We're still holding back on defence spending. It will be a hard pr…

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Penny Mordaunt urges UK to boost defence spending to counter Russia’s threat

Penny Mordaunt said the UK is "still holding back on defence spending" and needs to go further in order to deter Russia when she appeared on BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on 9 March. Asked by host Laura Kuenssberg if the West had underestimated Russia for a long time, the former Defence Secretary said, “I always argued that we need to be doing more to bolster our defences." “We're still holding back on defence spending. It will be a hard pr…

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Mordaunt says UK is 'still holding back on defence spending'

“We’re not quite awake enough yet” Former defence secretary Penny Mordaunt says the UK is “still holding back on defence spending” and needs to go further in order to deter Russia pic.twitter.com/WBssANTnso — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) March 9, 2025 The post Mordaunt says UK is ‘still holding back on defence spending’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The former defence secretary was speaking during a flying weekend visit to Moray, where she met Conservative Party colleagues.

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