By 2030. During a trip to poland, rishi sunak said the budget will reach £87 billion by the end of the decade. The end of the decade. Addressing troops, he also said the uk Defence Industry will be put on a war footing. Mr sunak called the plans the biggest strengthening of our National Defence in a generation. As churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not to insert the imminence of war. On the contrary, if war was imminent, preparations for defence would be too late. I believe we must do more to defend our country, our interests and our values. So today im announcing the biggest strengthening of our National Defence. For a generation. We defence. For a generation. We will increase defence spending to a new baseline of 2. 5 of gdp by 2030. That announcement comes as rishi sunak warned president putin will not stop at the poush putin will not stop at the polish border if his assault on ukraine is allowed to continue. Earlier, britain pledged its largest ever pack
Be french. Be french. What to do with self loathing britain haters like that. Tomorrows newspaper front pages are on the way too, and my top panel are ready to go. Tonight im joined by political commentator Esther Krakue , commentator Esther Krakue, conservative mp for romford, Andrew Rosindell, and author and broadcaster amy Nicole Turner. Strap yourselves in. Lets do this. Its time to reclaim britains identity. Next. Identity. Next. Good evening. Im ray addison in the gb newsroom. Our top stories. The Prime Minister says the government will increase defence spending to 2. 5 of gdp by 2030. During a trip to poland, rishi sunak said the budget will reach £87 billion by the end of the decade. The end of the decade. Addressing troops, he also said the uk Defence Industry will be put on a war footing. Mr sunak called the plans the biggest strengthening of our National Defence in a generation. As churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not to insert the imminence of
Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. So we start with breaking news in the last hour or so, and israel has reportedly launched an attack on iran overnight in a retaliatory strike, with reports of explosions near a military base in isfahan and thats according to us officials. Yes. Iranian state media have been quick to downplay the situation, claiming their air Defence Systems were able to destroy three drones in the centre of the country. Now yet to get any official statement from israel on the attack. Well, meanwhile, the Australian Government has urged its citizens to leave israel over fears of a revenge attack by iran. Lets talk to our security editor , mark white, who joins us editor, mark white, who joins us now. Morning, mark. What do we know at this stage . Morning well, we are still waiting on any official word from israel as to what this attack was, whether, of course, it was israel. We suspect it was, as israel. We suspect it was, as its being widely
The value retail chain, the range a to buy range has struck a deal to buy their collapsed wilko. Their collapsed rival, wilko. The has agreed to pay the company has agreed to pay around £5 million for the brands name and website. The sale could mean the wilko name doesnt disappear from the high streets for good with their products in some range stores 122 of the collapsed chains shops have already been sold to poundland. Owner pepco and some to be m more than 10,000. Wilko jobs, however, remain in the balance. However, remain in the balance. The chancellor says the government is sticking to its plan to halve inflation as the uk economy shrunk by 0. 5 this july. Jeremy hunt says he remains confident about the future, saying the country quickly recovered from the covid 19 pandemic and is now growing faster than comparable companies. Countries rather like germany and italy. But labour says the economys contraction is a clear sign the governments failing. Sign the governments failing. Rus
M well, in other news today, the chain , the the value retail chain, the range a to buy range has struck a deal to buy their collapsed wilko. Their collapsed rival, wilko. The has agreed to pay the company has agreed to pay around £5 million for the brands name and website. The sale could mean the wilko name doesnt disappear from the high streets for good with their products in some range stores 122 of the collapsed chains shops have already been sold to poundland. Owner pepco and some to be m more than 10,000. Wilko jobs, however, remain in the balance. However, remain in the balance. The chancellor says the government is sticking to its plan to halve inflation as the uk economy shrunk by 0. 5 this july. Jeremy hunt says he remains confident about the future, saying the country quickly recovered from the covid 19 pandemic and is now growing faster than comparable companies. Countries rather like germany and italy. But labour says the economys contraction is a clear sign the governmen