National security ‘can’t come at the expense of social security’ – Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham faced questions on national security at PMQs (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA) - (PA Wire)

National security “can’t come at the expense of social security”, the Prime Minister has insisted, as he criticised Tory plans to fund defence.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch used Andy Burnham’s second Prime Minister’s Questions to question whether the Government would reach 3% for defence funding by 2030, insisting there were “serious threats to national security that cannot wait”.