Rishi Sunak Blocks Journalist's Question To Nato Chief About UK's New Defence Spending Pledge

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Rishi Sunak Blocks Journalist's Question To Nato Chief About UK's New Defence Spending Pledge
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Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg and Britain's prime minister Rishi Sunak address a press conference at the Warsaw Armoured Brigade in Warsaw, Poland.On Tuesday, Sunak put the UK’s defence industry on a “war footing” by increasing military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 amid Nato concerns over Russia’s war in Ukraine.It represented a huge shift in policy as the prime minister has previously refused to make the multi-billion pound spending pledge.

During the question-and-answer session, The Guardian’s political editor Pippa Crerar asked the Nato boss: “All the polls in the UK suggest that we may end up having a different government after the election.

“If, as polls suggest, the Tories lose next election then all their future plans go with them. Anybody who cares about our security will want to know what comes next.

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