Defence of realm 'safe in our hands', insists minister as MPs warn of '£29 billion' funding blackhole
A minister insisted the “defence of the realm is safe in our hands” after senior MPs warned of a blackhole of up to £29 billion in funding for Britain’s armed forces.
Treasury minister Gareth Davies was grilled on LBC Radio after the influential Commons public accounts committee raised the alarm over the scale of money for Britain’s army, navy and air force in the face of growing global threats from Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war, China and other parts of the world.
The MPs concluded that the Ministry of Defence has no credible plan
