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Prime Minister Andy Burnham may delay revealing plans to increase defense spending until a later date in the next year, contrary to initial expectations. The original plan was for Chancellor John Healey to outline these details in the upcoming Spring Spending Review or at least provide some clarity during the October 28 Budget. However, sources suggest there might be no commitment on this issue before another fiscal event possibly scheduled late next year. This delay has sparked concerns over Britain's readiness to address growing threats from nations like Russia and criticism that the government is not adequately funding defense needs.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham might delay revealing plans to boost UK defence spending to 3% of GDP, originally expected by next spring, amid rising concerns about national security and mounting threats from Russia. This pushback comes as Britain aims to meet NATO's target of reaching 3.5% GDP in military expenditure by 2035. Chancellor John Healey is facing criticism for not providing clarity on funding at the upcoming Budget meeting set for October 28, where he will need to find around £5 billion for the planned increase but has yet to outline how this money will be sourced. Treasury sources have denied any delay in setting a specific date for the Spending Review, maintaining that it is still uncertain when it would take place. The UK's readiness to confront state threats like Russia is under scrutiny, and Burnham faced backlash for omitting defence from his Labour conference speech recently.
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Andy Burnham might not lay out plans to boost defence spending for another year, it was revealed today.
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The PM has pledged to set out a path for expenditure on the military to reach 3 per cent of GDP, and then 3.5 per cent by 2035.
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expenditure → pledge → 2035
That was widely expected to be in a spending review next Spring, with Chancellor John Healey already facing anger that he was not proposing to give clarity at the Budget on October 28.
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he → expect → October
However, ministers now appear to be looking at holding the spending review later in the year, pushing back any commitments further.
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ministers → appear → commitments
Treasury sources denied that there was any delay, insisting the fiscal event did not have to be until the end of next year.
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event → deny → year
The date of the Spending Review has not been set.
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date → set → Review
This is pure rumour and speculation,' a spokeswoman said.
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spokeswoman → say → ?
Fears have been mounting that the UK is not ready to confront threats from states such as Russia.
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is → mount → Russia
Andy Burnham (pictured with John Healey) might not lay out plans to boost defence spending for another year, it was revealed today
Mr Burnham faced a backlash for failing to mention defence in his Labour conference speech last week.
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On a round of interviews at the Tory gathering in Birmingham this morning, Kemi Badenoch said: 'He needs to start funding our defence now.'
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He → say → defence
Mr Healey quit Keir Starmer's Government over the lack of a clear timetable for increasing defence spending.
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Healey → quit → spending
He has been adamant that he has not changed his mind over the need for a dramatic rise in investment.
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he → change → investment
However, the Chancellor is struggling to balance the books in the Budget with markets driving up UK borrowing costs and Labour promising a host of other big-spending
Plans set out in the defence investment plan (Dip) will see spending rise to 2.7 per cent of GDP by 2027-28.
But Mr Healey will have to lay out on October 28 how around £5billion of that extra money will be found, as it was not funded when the plan was announced under Sir Keir.
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plan → struggle → Keir
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