Badenoch: I will cut welfare to hit 3pc target on defence

Badenoch wants to move away from the past but Burnham's embracing it

The PM is not learning from the past - he’s going to try and repeat it's mistakes. And when our national debt repayments are three times what we spend on defence, that is indefensible.

Badenoch: I will cut welfare to hit 3pc target on defence

Conservative Party leader reveals ‘fully costed plans’ to raise an extra £10bn for Armed Forces

Kemi vows to slash benefits bill to boost defence as she piles pressure on Burnham

Kemi vows to slash benefits to boost defence - piling pressure on PM

In a major intervention, the Conservative leader set out plans to raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP by the end of the decade

Badenoch: Cut benefits to fund £10bn defence spending package

Kemi Badenoch has urged the government to cut housing benefits, child benefits and re-route public investment in order to fund a £10bn boost on defence spending every year.  The Tory leader, who had previously called for an increase in defence expenditure without laying out full funding plans, said that Chancellor John Healey “should adopt” plans [...]

Kemi Badenoch's plan to keep UK safe with £10bn defence increase

Conservatives will slash welfare to improve defence - but claim Labour has no plan