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Burnham refuses to commit to raising defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 as he faces Badenoch at PMQs – UK politics live


PM and leader of the opposition spar over defence spending

Alex Burghart, the deputy Tory leader, was giving interviews this morning. On Israel, he opened up a new line of attack against the government, accusing it of hypocrisy. This is what he told GB News.

At the same time that Labour were saying all these things about Israel in the House of Commons, they put out a communique.

They put out an account of a conversation that Andy Burnham has had with the Chinese president, and it said how constructive they wanted to be with China, how they wanted to work with China, and what a great relationship we have.

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Publish date : 2026-09-09 11:19:00

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