Defence Secretary Wes Streeting revealed his own emergency preparations while advising citizens to store canned goods, first aid kits, and torches. Meanwhile, Chancellor John Healey has set targets to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035. To fund these military commitments, Whitehall departments must find 1% cuts in their long-term investment budgets. Streeting also expressed support for parliamentary committee oversight of special forces and nuclear programmes.
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Citizens are being encouraged to build household resilience as the government addresses e…: Citizens are being encouraged to build household resilience as the government addresses escalating security threats facing the nation.
The defence budget is expanding rapidly under Prime Minister Andy Burnham, requiring othe…: The defence budget is expanding rapidly under Prime Minister Andy Burnham, requiring other government departments to trim long-term investments.
Parliamentary intelligence committee members may receive expanded oversight powers regard…: Parliamentary intelligence committee members may receive expanded oversight powers regarding British special forces and the national nuclear deterrent.
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Wes Streeting started stockpiling food and water in case of a national emergency weeks ago, the defence secretary has said, as he talked up the threats to the UK and said his department has already begun ramping up its spending in response.
Streeting spoke after the chancellor, John Healey, said he wanted defence spending to reach 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035; having already asked Whitehall departments to find 1% cuts in their budgets for long-term investment to fund defence spending.
“I’m glad the message is getting through because my mum got in touch and said ‘payday is coming up, how much do you think I need to buy because I’m just budgeting to the end of the month?’ I’m glad that people are beginning to think about their own household resilience, making sure we’ve got sufficient supplies of bottled water, canned goods, battery-powered torches. These are all just common sense things for the everyday challenges,” Streeting told the Times.
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