Streeting says he began stockpiling food weeks ago amid rising threat to UK
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Key context: <p>Defence secretary says value for money and modernisation key for spending to ‘fight the wars ahead’</p><p>Wes Streeting started stockpiling food and water in case of a national emergency weeks ago, the defence secretary has said, as he talked up the threats to the UK and said his department has already begun ramping up its spending in response.</p><p>Streeting spoke after the chancellor, John Healey, said he wanted defence spending to reach 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035; having already asked Whitehall departments to find 1% cuts in their budgets for long-term investment to fund defence spending.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/31/streeting-stockpiling-food-water-weeks-ago-amid-rising-threat-to-uk">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Defence secretary says value for money and modernisation key for spending to ‘fight the wars ahead’Wes Streeting started stockpiling food and water in case of a national emergency weeks ago, the defence secretary has said, as he talked up the threats to the UK and said his department has already begun ramping up its spending in response.Streeting spoke after the chancellor, John Healey, said he wanted defence spending to reach 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035; having already asked Whitehall departments to find 1% cuts in their budgets for long-term investment to fund defence spending. Continue reading...
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