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K dama has announced the UK is going to
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spend a lot more on defense moving from
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2.3% of the nation's GDP to 2.5% by 2027
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the Prime Minister unveiled the move in
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Parliament yesterday amid Rising Global
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tensions over the future of the conflict
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in Ukraine and the impact of Donald
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Trump's presidency but the cash is
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coming from cuts to the UK's
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International Aid budget which has
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resulted in criticism of ministers for
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the decision so what has the reaction
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been conservative party leader Camy
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badok gave a speech before star's
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announcement calling for the government
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to spend more than 2.5% of GDP on
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defense she argued that we are returning
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to a world of the strong and the weak
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adding that in such a world the UK must
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not be weak but Bok then backed starma
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when he spoke in the Commons including
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when he said the UK would move to a new
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Target of 3% of GDP on defense in the
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next Parliament but also urged him to
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raid the UK's welfare budget to fund the
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hike defense secretary John Healey spoke
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more about the increase this morning and
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denied the UK had only been pushed into
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the move by the impact of president
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Trump Healey insisted the government had
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responded because the world has changed
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but admitted Trump has played a part and
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reinforced the importance of more
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military funding while in his own press
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conference on Tuesday starma also said
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his decision had been accelerated by
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Trump returning to office but had been 3
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years in the making what about the
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economics well starma presented the rise
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in defense spending as being worth 13.4
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billion pounds more a year however he's
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been criticized by economists at The
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Institute for fiscal studies or ifs who
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pointed out that this was a misleadingly
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large figure as it appeared to be based
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on assuming the defense would otherwise
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have been frozen in cash terms the ifs's
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Ben Zano said that an extra 0.2% of GDP
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is actually only around £6 billion the
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size of the cut to the UK's Aid budget
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calling this frustrating while director
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Paul Johnson said this was silly games
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with numbers and totally inconsistent
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figures Shadow defense secretary James
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Cartage also said serious questions
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remain about starmer's plan and stressed
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lab must immediately answer how much
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money has actually been committed and
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how ministers will supercharge the
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procurement process this morning however
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the defense secretary suggested the true
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figure was something over 6 billion but
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insisted either way this is a big boost
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for defense and what about International
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Aid after initially criticizing Trump
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for slashing the US's own Aid budget
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foreign secretary David Lamy this week
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had to accept cuts to his own
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departments overseas spending the news
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sparked outcry from Charities and
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international organizations about the
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impact on the world's poorest labor MP
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Sarah champion who leads parliament's
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International Development Committee
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urged starma to rethink warning that
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cutting Aid was a false economy that
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will only make the world less safe while
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former labor MP David millerand who is
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now president of the International
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Rescue committee described the cut as
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devastating for people who need more
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help not less Charities including action
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Aid save the children UK and Water Aid
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also criticized the move including as a
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betrayal but the Prime Minister has
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insisted it was not a decision I wanted
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to make and vowed support would continue
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in Nations such as Gaza Sudan and
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Ukraine he also said the move was a
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decision that was necessary for the
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protection of our country what do you
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think about the plans to increase UK
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military spending let us know your
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