UK’s likely next leader Andy Burnham vows to fully fund defence plans
- Andy Burnham says the UK must take the defence investment plan ‘very seriously’ despite 4.7bn-pound funding hole.
- The United Kingdom’s likely next prime minister says he will take responsibility to find funds for a long-anticipated defence plan, days after a 4.7 billion pound ($6.2bn) funding gap came under public scrutiny.
- Speaking to LBC’s “Tonight with Andrew Marr” on Thursday, Andy Burnham said he “wasn’t in all of the discussions” regarding the defence investment plan, but that he views the plan as “something that the country has to face up to very seriously”.
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- Andy Burnham says the UK must take the defence investment plan ‘very seriously’ despite 4.7bn-pound funding hole.
- The United Kingdom’s likely next prime minister says he will take responsibility to find funds for a long-anticipated defence plan, days after a 4.7 billion pound ($6.2bn) funding gap came under public scrutiny.
- Speaking to LBC’s “Tonight with Andrew Marr” on Thursday, Andy Burnham said he “wasn’t in all of the discussions” regarding the defence investment plan, but that he views the plan as “something that the country has to face up to very seriously”.
Sources: Al Jazeera