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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

Liz Truss forced to insist defence pledge stays after minister threatens to quit

Liz Truss James Heappey Armed Forces GDP NATO

Embattled Liz Truss was forced to insist she would hike military spending today after a Defence Minister threatened to quit.

Armed Forces Minister James Heappey warned he would resign if she ditched a Tory leadership race promise to lift the military budget to 3% of GDP by 2030.

It is currently 2.12% - only just meeting the NATO benchmark of 2%.

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