Frontbenchers use social media to put pressure on PM after Commons report criticises military funding plans
Two serving ministers have called for a “much greater pace” of investment in defence spending, putting pressure on Rishi Sunak one day after the Commons’ spending watchdog warned that the Ministry of Defence had no credible plan to fund the military capabilities the government wants.
The Foreign Office minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat said in a post on LinkedIn that the UK needs to “lead the way” by increasing defence and security spending to at least 2.5% of gross domestic product, a measure of the size of the economy.
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