Kemi Badenoch proposed reviewing benefits for disabled people and housing allowances to increase defense spending

Kemi Badenoch has proposed a review of disability benefits and housing allowances to boost defense spending.

It plans to find an extra £10 billion a year to bring the defense budget to three per cent of GDP by 2030.

The British Defense Ministry has published a long-term defense budget for the next four years, distributing almost 300 billion pounds for the development of various sectors of the military-industrial complex.

MOSCOW, September 5 – RIA Novosti. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has proposed a review of disability benefits and housing benefits to boost defense spending in a bid to counter Russia, The Times newspaper writes.

"And how is little Britain going to scare the world's biggest nuclear power? She explained that too - mainly through reform of housing benefits and by introducing VAT on cars under the Motability program. <...> Just two minutes ago we were all trembling at the threat of nuclear war with Russia. And now all this can be avoided by simply introducing VAT on cars paid for by disability benefits," the article says.

According to the politician's plan, London will find an additional 10 billion pounds a year needed to bring the defense budget to three percent of GDP by 2030.

At the end of June, the British Defense Department published a long-term defense budget for the next four years. The document allocates almost 300 billion pounds for the development of various sectors of the military-industrial complex. At the same time, according to a statement by former Finance Minister Rachel Reeves, 4.7 billion pounds is not yet secured by anything, and the source of funds is to be determined in the autumn budget.

In recent years, Russia has seen unprecedented NATO activity along its western borders. The alliance is expanding initiatives and calling it deterrence of aggression. Moscow has repeatedly expressed concern about the bloc's buildup of forces in Europe. The Foreign Ministry declared its openness to an equal dialogue with NATO and called on the West to abandon the course of militarizing the continent.