John Healey: “I would not be able to accept a Dip settlement that does not give our forces the resources they need.”

I want everyone from apprentices, IT staff and junior officials to senior economists and private secretaries to contribute to the exercise.

“But no country can face these pressures alone. And these shocks are being felt worldwide. They’ve been felt in people’s pockets, in their weekly shops, filling up their cars.”

As we have regularly discussed, I am certain that a headmark date for 3% of GDP on defence in 2030 is what Britain must set.

“Britain faces these global pressures from a position of relative strength, the fastest growth in the G7 advanced nations in the first half of this year, the deficit being cut faster than in any other G7 country,”