Defence Fund Gaps Are Equivalent To Five Days Of Welfare Spending | Carol Lewis

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"They keep doing these sort of slightly weird deals with property companies, which end up costing them so much more." Whilst the focus of the UK's defence funding plan is primarily on high-tech aeroplanes such as the 'Tempest', some troops are still living in damp and squalid accommodation, says The Times's property editor Carol Lewis. Carol Lewis and Christiane Amanpour was speaking to Ed Vaizey in for Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 10am-1am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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