The Ministry of Defence is currently embroiled in a row over defence spending in the upcoming budget, with Ben Wallace said to have asked the Chancellor for £10 billion for his department.
Senior Whitehall sources have reiterated Mr Wallace’s concerns, as they fear there will not be an increase in defence spending in line with inflation at next month’s budget.
A top Whitehall official told The Telegraph: “There is a war in Europe, we are hollowing out our forces, our allies and partners are all investing in defence, every single previous prime minister I can think of would have responded to that.”
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