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Badenoch Urges Welfare Cuts to Fund Higher Defence Spending

By Drooid · Sep 23, 2026, 4:20 PM UTC · How we work

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Kemi Badenoch urged the prime minister to cut the welfare budget to fund higher defence spending.
Andy Burnham told MPs on 9 September that national security cannot replace social security.
Chancellor John Healey must explain how a £4bn housing-benefit cap will fund defence before the next budget.
Former security minister Lord West warned Britain’s military is in a “parlous state” amid cyber and drone threats.

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Kemi Badenoch urged the prime minister to cut the welfare budget to fund higher defence spending.
Andy Burnham told MPs on 9 September that national security cannot replace social security.
Chancellor John Healey must explain how a £4bn housing-benefit cap will fund defence before the next budget.
Former security minister Lord West warned Britain’s military is in a “parlous state” amid cyber and drone threats.