Former generals tell Andy Burnham Britain is not ready for war after Budget ‘kicked can down the road’

“Former generals tell Andy Burnham Britain is not ready for war after Budget ‘kicked can down the road’”

Former generals have told Andy Burnham that Britain is not ready for war and have accused John Healey’s budget of “kicking the can down the road” on defence. The stark warning comes as Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has insisted that the UK must be ready for war within 1,000 days amid an increasing threat from Russia and other hostile powers. Plans to meet Britain’s pledge to spend three per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, in line with Nato targets, were missing from the Chancellor’s first…