Burnham insists defence uplift ‘can’t come at expense’ of welfare

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Andy Burnham said welfare cuts will not be used to fund defence. PA Wire Andy Burnham has said an uplift in defence spending will not come “at the expense” of benefits. During Prime Minister’s ...

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PA Wire Andy Burnham has said an uplift in defence spending will not come “at the expense” of benefits. During Prime Minister’s Questions, Burnham said “national security can’t come at the expense of social security” in response to attacks from Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the absence of plans to get defence spending up to three per cent of GDP. The Prime Minister’s spokesman insisted that Burnham still believed national security was the “first duty” of the government when he asked for clarification on the statement. \n\nBut in Parliament, Burnham criticised the Conservatives’ plan to cut housing benefits by £4bn in order to fund defence spending. He said: “I don’t think myself that taking £4bn out of housing benefit is going to get the right consensus around this issue, because that would create levels of homelessness in this country that we wouldn’t have seen before – hundreds of thousands of children in temporary accommodation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Updates\nStay ahead with our three daily briefings delivering all the key market moves, top business and political stories, and incisive analysis straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“We do everything to support our national security, but it can’t come at the expense of social security.\n\n“Having strong national security also depends upon having resilience in our communities.”The Tories’ plan to cut housing benefits includes reducing the local housing allowance and cutting social sector rents.  Housing benefits are set to increase by billions of pounds over the next four years. \n\nThe Tories seized on the PM’s comments as evidence that the government does not have a plan for getting welfare spending down.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":false,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"}}}