The former chancellor said the fragile global situation meant military spending should be spared from any squeeze on October 30
READ MORE:Jeremy Hunt has condemned Labour over 'reckless' plans to cut defence spending in the Budget.
Mr Hunt told the Mail: 'It is not the case that all spending is bad, and one of the things that disheartens me the most is to see huge pay rises for public sector unions without asking for any productivity gains in return, at the same time as defence spending is being cut. Read More Labour is accused of 'picking the pockets of pensioners' with winter fuel plans Ms Reeves is thought to be looking to scrap several defence projects as she scrambles to find money to fill an alleged £22 billion 'black hole' in the public finances.
'The reality is that the two biggest components of the so-called black hole are £9.5 billion to give the unions double-inflation, triple-inflation, in the case of the junior doctors, nine-times-inflation pay rises – which was a political choice they made – and £6 billion on the asylum bill, which is higher than it would have been because they decided to cancel Rwanda, which is another political choice.
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