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the economic trajectory of Manchester's in a positive way

Spending 2.68% of GDP by 2030 is not a serious answer to a world where the character of warfare has changed fundamentally.

So, my view would be we need to get on board.

I have said that there are issues facing this department that do not lend themselves to easy answers, and that there needs to be agreement throughout the Government about the scale of the challenges we face.