Rishi Sunak tonight ditched Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s pledges to massively increase defence spending as he announced a £4 billion contract to build five new warships.
The Prime Minister gave the go ahead for the Type 26 frigates to be built on the Clyde in a boost for Britain’s shipbuilding industry.
But he refused to commit to either Mr Johnson’s promise to increase overall defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2030 or Ms Truss’s proposed hike to 3% by the same date.
