Rishi Sunak announces 5bn extra defence spending during US trip
Briefly

By Paul Seddon & Chris Mason

Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase defence spending by nearly £5bn over the next two years to counter emerging threats from hostile states.The funding boost will be confirmed in a new UK foreign and security strategy, to be published on Monday.It comes ahead of talks between the prime minister and his US and Australian counterparts in California.
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