Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, assured MPs that the triple lock manifesto pledge will be guaranteed for the next Parliament. He did not commit to including a 2.5% GDP defence spending promise in the next Tory election manifesto. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps urged Sunak to increase defence spending in the Conservative Party's general election manifesto due to concerns about UK's readiness for a conflict with Russia.
🔴 Rishi Sunak has said the pensions triple lock will remain for the rest of the decade if the Tories win the general election, insisting it was “affordable” https://t.co/BhLBkEo0Vv
Rishi Sunak should commit to spending more on defence in the Conservative Party general election manifesto, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said, amid warnings that the UK is not ready for an all-out war with Russia @janemerrick23 reports https://t.co/TZ3FLCREpJ
Rishi Sunak declines to promise at the Liaison Committee that 2.5% GDP defence spending a year will be in the next Tory election manifesto. [In the same hearing he promised triple lock will be in there.]
Rishi Sunak says MPs can "safely assume" that a manifesto pledge to keep the triple lock means it will be guaranteed for the next Parliament
Rishi Sunak says MPs can "safely assume" that Tories' triple lock manifesto pledge means it will be guaranteed for whole term of next parliament. #liaisoncommittee