Ben Wallace refuses to say how much of funding will be taken from overseas aid budget

The defence secretary has said £16.5bn is “enough” to modernise the armed forces but refused to say how much of the new defence funding would be taken from the overseas aid budget.

Ben Wallace also said he “suspected” the UK would follow the US’s lead in reducing its number of soldiers in Afghanistan.

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