‘We cannot defend Britain with an ever expanding welfare bill’: Not the Daily Mail’s words but those of the ex-Labour minister Starmer tasked with writing his defence review – and who has now lost all confidence in dithering PM

Two former Labour defence secretaries have urged ministers to slash welfare to boost spending on Britain’s security.

In an excoriating speech, former Nato chief Lord Robertson said Britain’s national security had been left ‘in peril’ by Labour’s failure to live up to promises to increase defence spending.

The Labour grandee, who wrote the Government’s strategic defence review last year, accused Rachel Reeves of blocking funding for the armed forces and urged ministers

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