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Christopher McKeon

INSANE: Defence investment plan expected within weeks not months says minister | Vintage Vibes

Pat McFadden Dip Work and Pensions
This week marks a year since the Strategic Defence Review called for a defence investment plan, which has still not been published (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

The long-delayed defence investment plan will be released in “weeks” rather than months, a senior minister said as he denied the Government was “putting off” publication.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the document setting out defence investment over the next decade was “close” to being published.

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