Former Defense Secretary John Healey, now serving as Chancellor under Prime Minister Andy Burnham, pledges the UK will meet its defense spending commitments to NATO allies. The UK targets 3% defense spending by 2030.
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Former British Defence Secretary John Healey, who resigned under Sir Keir Starmer in a row over military funding, is now in charge at the Treasury. Prime Minister Andy Burnham appointed him as Chancellor in a surprise move as he named his new top team.
UKs aim was like most of europe to hit 3% by 2030 Not doing this has been sizing back a number of programs and going with some half baked ideas, like cutting the Type 83 Destroyer and postponing ABM defence against all.lessons learnt from Iran and Russia www.forcesnews.com/politics/hea... The former Defence Secretary, who resigned over a row on military spending, is now in charge of the government