Burnham's Defence Spending Squeeze: 3% GDP Pledge Demanded as Autumn Budget Looms

Andy Burnham's government faces a pincer movement on defence spending as Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch demands he commit to spending 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 — the same target his own Chancellor, John Healey, once resigned from Cabinet to demand. Badenoch, writing exclusively for the Express, accused Burnham of being "happy to tell us how he makes his tea" but "weirdly evasive" when it comes to funding the armed forces. The confrontation lands as the Iran war...