After fifty-plus years of defence spending falling a share of national income, those days seem well behind us. Chancellor John Healey is expected to boost cash for the MoD in the 2026 Budget.
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Defence Secretary Wes Streeting - now in the job that Mr Healey resigned from in June - spoke to our senior political correspondent Paul McNamara, about threats from Russia, Iran, and how we might be 1,000 days away from war.
All reasons, Streeting says, that increasing defence spending, and meeting Nato targets, is crucial.
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