'Words Don't Provide Bullets': Chancellor Must Fund The Armed Forces | Lord Hutton

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“Words don't provide bullets and tanks and aircraft, You know, deeds and resources do. And that's the gap that's got to be filled. And it's got to be filled pretty quickly.” The Chancellor’s “two big problems” are the gap left by Starmer’s government on the defence investment plan and the wider issue of “how do we get 3.5% by 2035” says Labour Peer and former Defence Secretary, Lord Hutton. Lord Hutton was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Friday-Sunday, 6-10am. 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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