WATCH: Tories set out plan to slash welfare spending by as much as £33billion to fund defence

Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge has outlined how the Tories will cut £33billion in welfare spending and other areas in order to bolster Britain’s defences.

Speaking to GB News, Mr Cartlidge said of the plans: “We set out £23billion of welfare savings at conference, which enable us essentially to announce our economy package, with measures like cutting stamp duty to get the economy going.

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“Since then, I’ve been working on getting funding for defence. We announced money back in December a two-child benefit cap would be restored to fund defence earlier this year, and today we’ve completed that work. So the £10billion more is not entirely welfare, but the welfare savings in it are in addition to the £23billion previously set out.

“We set out our plan today, and it will be interesting to see if the Government follows it at some point.”

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