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Ben Wallace calls for higher defence spending by mid-2020s

Defence secretary denies that No 10 told him to rewrite speech to remove call for higher military spending

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Ben Wallace, the UK defence secretary, has publicly called for higher defence spending by the middle of the decade in light of Russia’s war on Ukraine, in a move that sets him at odds with Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.

The cabinet minister said billions more would be needed to meet Britain’s defence needs, but denied that he was ordered by Downing Street to rewrite a keynote speech to remove a call for a higher military spending target.

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