The Armed Forces minister says the £2.2bn increase in defence spending is necessary in "these more insecure and dangerous times". Luke Pollard adds the money will be put towards "more advanced weaponry, directed energy weapons, more business going directly to UK firms and improving defence housing". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well the extra £2.2 billion boost that we're announcing today comes on top of
00:05the £2.9 billion in the last budget, which means next year there'll be an extra £5 billion.
00:10But as well as announcing the funding, we're also saying what we're going to be spending it on.
00:14More advanced weaponry, directed energy weapons and more business going directly to UK firms.
00:21And we'll be improving defence housing, addressing the scandal of so many of our
00:25forces family living in poor accommodation with leaky roofs, broken boilers and mould in bedrooms.
00:32This is a government that is delivering for defence and that's why in these more insecure
00:37and dangerous times we're increasing defence spending and creating jobs
00:41as part of that in every corner of our country.