Sunak Goes on the Defensive
And, do migrants in small boats know about the Rwanda plan?
Today, we look at Rishi Sunak’s promise to spend billions more on defence.
Sunak said UK military spending would rise to 2.5% of national income by 2030. The prime minister was in Poland to pledge £500 million in extra support for Ukraine, but claimed the extra money for defence would put the UK’s defence industry "on a war footing". Adam is joined by former armed forces minister, James Heappey MP.
And, the day after the government’s Rwanda policy passed through Parliament, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Affairs Correspondent Tom Symonds has been speaking to migrants in northern France who are preparing to cross the Channel to get to the UK. And, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Africa correspondent Barbara Plett Usher has been to see where the migrants will stay when they arrive in Rwanda.
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