UK defence secretary acknowledges he faces uphill battle in seeking £11bn increase ahead of March budget
Ben Wallace speaks to the media during a visit to Salisbury Plain this month.Negotiations with the Treasury over public spending levels are always an uphill battle, the defence secretary has said, amid reports he is looking for up to an £11bn increase in defence spending.particularly hard, but dismissed suggestions he would resign if the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, refused to provide the increase he was looking for.
He told Sky News: “It’s the right thing that the secretary of state will argue for an increase to meet their priorities. And of course, between now and the budget, I’ve got lots of time and lots of meetings with the chancellor to make sure that we try and come to a deal on it.”
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