Benjamin Netanyahu says UK decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel ‘shameful’ amid growing backlash – UK politics live
Israeli PM says ‘shameful decision will not change Israel’s determination to defeat Hamas’
According to Robert Peston, ITV’s political editor, the US government is also unhappy about the UK’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel. Peston posted this on social media.
Washington sources tell me the Whitehouse feels let down by Starmer’s and Lammy’s decision to revoke licences for the export of military equipment to Israel. “They assured us they wouldn’t do this” said one.
Case said “sizeable in-year changes to spending plans in recent years” had been caused by the lack of a spending review “in the face of significant pressures which have materialised since budgets were set in 2021”.
That year saw the last spending review, in which the previous government set out its plans until 2024/25, but the Conservatives declined to set out further long-term plans before the election.
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