Healey to shy away from 3% GDP defence spending target in Budget – reports

Resigned over issue in June

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Chancellor John Healey is reportedly set to shelve plans to boost defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 in the upcoming Budget, an issue he resigned over in the previous government.

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