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The Commons Defence Select Committee is demanding an urgent meeting with Grant Shapps after it emerged that funding for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being cut next year.
Despite Mr Shapps recently hyping up the threat of war, the Budget small print published yesterday shows funding falling for both MoD resources spending and capital spending.
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According to the Treasury’s own numbers, the MoD will receive ￡0.3billion less in capital funding in 2024/5 compared with 2023/4.
More significantly, the department will see a fall in its resource spending allocation of ￡2.2billion.
Yesterday afternoon, Defence Committee member Mark Francois warned about the lack of extra funding, despite Mr Shapps’s own warnings.
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Mr Hunt's Budget included no new cash for the Ministry of Defence (Image: Getty)
He said: “The Defence Secretary recently warned that we are moving from a ‘post-war to a pre-war world’ - but nobody seems to have told HM Treasury.
“Does Russia have to get to Warsaw before we start spending what we need to on Defence?”
This morning, the committee chairman Jeremy Quin said that Mr Shapps’s referral to us being in a “pre-war” state “does not appear to be reflected in his Department’s Budget allocation”.
A senior industry source has now told the Express: "At a time of heightened conflict in what the Defence Secretary describes as "a more contested world", a projected fall in defence spending is as alarming as it is confusing.
“How can we ‘prepare for war’, as Shapps recently urged, if we fail to invest in our Armed Forces and the vital industry that supports them?”
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Despite the disappointment and confusion from those reacting to the Government’s Red Book figures, sources have countered that the MoD’s defence budget is set to grow by 0.5 percent in real terms each year.
It’s also argued that the above figures don’t include the 2023/4 spending of ￡2.3billion for Ukraine, ￡280million for stockpiles and ￡870 million for Dreadnought contingency funding.
Ahead of the Budget, there was significant pressure on Mr Hunt to boost defence spending despite his limited fiscal headroom.
Former defence secretaries Sir Gavin Williamson, Ben Wallace and Penny Mordaunt all intervened to beg for additional cash in a new era of global threats.
Ms Mordaunt’s intervention was particularly notable, given as a member of the Government she is meant to abide by collective responsibility.
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The reports that the military was set for no new cash “blindsided” officials ahead of the budget, especially given Mr Shapps previously said he was asking for more funding.
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Sir Gavin Williamson told the Telegraph: “What is becoming increasingly clear is that the threats that we face need and require Britain and its allies to step up what it does in terms of building both capability and mass within our Armed Forces.
“That is going to require additional money to grow the size of our Army, Navy and Air Force. Without doing that, we will be ill-equipped to face the challenges that our enemies are increasingly presenting us with.”
Last night, Ben Wallace warned that Britain’s “hollowed-out” military is not “match-fit” for the wars coming down the road.
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