UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace Pledges To 'Fight For As Much Money As He Can Get' For The Military

 

The Telegraph: Three per cent defence spending target an ‘aspiration’, admits Ben Wallace 

Ben Wallace told MPs he would be “fighting for as much money as I can get” for defence in a crunch meeting with the Chancellor on Thursday, as he admitted that previous pledges to spend three per cent of national income were only an “aspiration”. 

The Defence Secretary denied he had threatened to resign if he failed to get a commitment from Jeremy Hunt to increase defence spending as a share of GDP. Appearing before MPs, he pointed out that it was the Chancellor himself who called for the three per cent target to be met as part of his leadership bid this summer.  

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Update: Wallace calls hefty UK defense budget hikes ‘aspirational’ (Defense News).

WNU Editor: After today's announcement by the Bank of England that the country is in a recession (link here), I doubt that UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace is going to get the defense budget that he wants.