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David Bond and Nicolas Cecil

Liz Truss is ‘deadly serious’ about investing more in defence, says Ben Wallace

Ben Wallace said the PM would not backtrack from her commitment to raise defence spending

(Picture: AP)

Ben Wallace said on Wednesday that Liz Truss is “deadly serious” about investing more in defence and has written to him confirming her commitment to spend three per cent of GDP on the military by 2030.

The Prime Minister and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng are under pressure to cut public spending to help pay for a £43 billion programme of tax cuts and restore the confidence of financial markets.

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