Defence Secretary Heads To Nato Gathering Without Investment Plan In Place

Defence official warns cuts to fund investment plan would be ‘zero game’

UK national armaments director Rupert Pearce said the delay in publishing the defence investment plan was ‘regrettable’. Cuts to Whitehall departments to fund the delayed defence investment plan (Dip) would be a “zero sum game”, a senior Ministry of Defence official has warned. Rupert Pearce, UK national armaments director, told peers the delay in publishing the Dip was “regrettable”, but added reducing spending in areas such as energy or transp…

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Defence Secretary Heads To Nato Gathering Without Investment Plan In Place

Britain’s new Defence Secretary will meet his Nato counterparts without the promise of extra funding to prepare the armed forces for the growing threat of Russia. Dan Jarvis is meeting other Nato defence ministers in Brussels on Thursday, only a day after the alliance’s chief Mark Rutte said he expected all member states to soon present “clear, concrete and credible plans” for raising defence spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20…