Starmer may delay the defence spending increase (Image: Getty)
The Labour Government is reportedly considering delaying its defence spending committments, potentially delaying them until 2030.
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Now, sources in Whitehall have told the Daily Mail that the Chancellor and Prime Minister Keir Starmer could be forced to scale down or even abandon previous spending commitments to balance the books.
Among the spending pledges that could be affected is Labour's promise to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.
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According to the Mail, Labour are now thinking of pushing this pledge back to 2030.
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The British Army only has 75,000 personnel (Image: Getty)
Among those to criticise this consideration was Lord West, a former head of the Navy and Labour peer.
He said: "This nonsense of saying we’ll wait and see when we can afford to spend more money on defence is just crazy.
"Our forces are hollowed out and there is not enough money in the programme. We need to increase spending immediately."
Conservative MP Julian Lewis, former chairman of the Commons defence committee, called for defence spending approaching 4-5% of GDP due to the ongoing threat Russia poses to NATO.
Labour has previously been accused of backing away from its defence spending committments.
In September, Defence Secretary John Healey told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the Government may have to make "tough choices" on defence.
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He added: "Across government we’re now all dealing with public finances this year that are far worse than we or anyone else thought before the election.
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"His government would set out the path to 2.5% in the spring."
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