The chancellor is anticipated to announce funding of £2.2bn for the Ministry of Defence, and the defence secretary has informed Sky News that that is new funding.
John Healey mentioned it will likely be a part of "a total of more than £5bn" this yr "as a first bold step on the path to increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP".
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