MILITARY projects will have to be cut or cancelled due to pressures on public finances, the Defence Secretary has warned.
Major programmes such as the Tempest jet and landmark submarine tie up with the US and Australia could be at risk due to the squeeze.
Major programmes such as the Tempest jet could be at risk, due to spending pressures[/caption]
Defence Secretary John Healey has implied he is prepared to make cuts to his defence budget[/caption]
When probed on whether big defence projects could be cut, he said: “Across government we’re now all dealing with public finances this year that are far worse than we or anyone else thought before the election.
Pushed on whether cuts would be made in his department, Mr Healey said: “Including on defence… we have to get a grip of the public finances, we have to see growth back in the economy, and that’s the way that we can rebuild both the wealth of this country as well as the public services.”
He told the BBC: “We will do our part to help this government deal with the deficit this year and the dreadful state of the public finances.”
Labour has already set up a review of the country’s armed forces with a “roadmap” to hitting 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence to be spelled out.
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