PM and Badenoch clash over welfare spending at PMQs

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says the UK is spending so much on welfare that we can't defend the country. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says his government is delivering the highest spend on defence since the cold war.   Report by Johals. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00To me, Mr. Speaker, perhaps he'll listen to the former Labour Defence Secretary, Lord Robertson,

00:06who is saying, and I quote,

00:08we cannot defend Britain with an ever-expanding welfare budget.

00:13I agree with Lord Robertson. Why doesn't he?

00:18Mr. Speaker, this is the Labour government that increased defence spending

00:22with the highest sustained spend since the Cold War.

00:27What did they do, Mr. Speaker?

00:29When they came into power, defence spending was 2.5%,

00:32and when they left power, it was 2.3%.

00:36And even their own Secretary of State admitted they hollowed out our armed forces,

00:41so we'll take no lectures from them on defence.

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