“I fear that he is somewhat captive to a prime minister who seems to want to go back to the 1970s and huge spending and state intervention.”
“It flies in the face of basic fairness, and the British public are right to be furious.”
“The cuts to the Digital ID card budget are not real because the money was never provided in the first place.”
“And to every young woman and girl let my time in office show there should be no ceilings on your ambitions, your hopes or your dreams.”

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On the recordJune 26, 2026
Well, we’re going to have to get to 3 per cent. We’ve made a longer-term commitment to get to 3.5 per cent. We are going to have to do that.
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Yvette Cooper
Labour Party
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independent.co.uk

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Addressing future defence spending commitments.

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