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Watch: Defence spending plans fall well short, says Healey
Key takeaways
- Former defence secretary John Healey has said the government's current plans to fund the military in the coming years fall "well short" of what is required.
- Making a Commons speech after his dramatic resignation last week, he told MPs that readying Britain for an uncertain world was the "duty of our political generation".
- Watch: Pomp and ceremony as King delivers speech in ParliamentKing Charles III has unveiled the government's agenda in a speech to Parliament.
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Former defence secretary John Healey has said the government's current plans to fund the military in the coming years fall "well short" of what is required.
Making a Commons speech after his dramatic resignation last week, he told MPs that readying Britain for an uncertain world was the "duty of our political generation".
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