Starmer making the world a more dangerous place, Abbott warns
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer leaves after delivering a statement on defence spending in the Downing Street Briefing Room, Westminster, February 25, 2025
By Berny Torre in Harrogate
By Berny Torre in Harrogate
KEIR STARMER is making the world a more dangerous place with his overseas aid cuts, leading left MP Diane Abbott told the Prime Minister today.
Ms Abbott raised Sir Keir’s savage spending reductions on international development to fund huge increases in the military budget during prime minister’s questions.
She challenged the premier to agree that “taking money from aid and development to spend on armaments and tanks makes people less safe, not more safe.”
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