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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Hughes

‘Peacetime’ defence budget not fit for new era of insecurity, warns Ellwood

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Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt have been urged to boost defence spending to cope with a new Cold War involving both China and Russia.

The chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, Tobias Ellwood, said the UK was still operating on a peacetime budget during a “new era of insecurity”.

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