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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

UK will have to ‘dial back’ military plans without more funding, says chief of defence

The four sit around a computer screen in the Cabinet room
From left to right: Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper, John Healey and Rich Knighton during a virtual meeting to discuss Ukraine in November last year. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/EPA

Britain will have to “dial back” on military operations and exercises in the next few years if the Ministry of Defence (MoD) does not receive extra funding from Downing Street and the Treasury, the UK’s most senior military officer has said.

Rich Knighton, the chief of the defence staff, told a Lords committee that he was “most concerned” about the budgets for day-to-day activities – in his first public appearance after the resignation of John Healey as defence secretary last week.

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