Conservative leader promises biggest peacetime rearmament effort in UK history if her party is re-elected
The Conservatives would reinstate the two-child benefit cap and use the savings for a wide-ranging spending splurge on defence in what Kemi Badenoch said would be “the biggest peacetime programme of rearmament in our country’s history”.
Speaking at a defence conference in London, the Tory leader criticised the government for Britain’s “lack of readiness” for war, which has been exposed by recent world events.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/11/tories-reinstate-two-child-benefit-cap-fund-defence-kemi-badenoch
Author : Geraldine McKelvie
Publish date : 2026-04-11 13:17:00
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