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Sami Quadri

Britain should boost defence spending to same level as US, says Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt argued the Russian invasion of Ukraine was ‘the biggest failure of Western foreign and security policy in our lifetimes’

(Picture: PA Archive)

Former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the UK should increase defence spending to the same level as the US.

The Conservative MP called the invasion of Ukraine the “biggest failure of Western and security policy in our lifetimes”.

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