Keeping Britain safe starts with a plan
It was great to catch up with Babcock International Group at this week’s AUKUS event in Parliament and meet apprentices Abbey from Plymouth and Finn from Callington. We spoke about the work underway at 10 Dock in Devonport, which will enable more maintenance of Britain’s nuclear submarines to take place here in Plymouth.
The need for investment now is all the more important as we face an increasingly dangerous world. Today, Kemi Badenoch has set out a fully funded Conservative plan to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030.
At Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, Andy Burnham appeared to commit to the same target...only for Downing Street to clarify afterwards that he had misspoken. Meanwhile, the Chancellor, who resigned as Defence Secretary over underfunded defence, has gone remarkably quiet.
Our Armed Forces, our defence industry and places like Devonport need certainty, not yet more confusion and delay from the Government.
