The Deputy Prime Minister was responding to outgoing defence minister James Heappey, who said the UK had failed to prepare for war.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, prior to appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture date: Sunday
His former boss Ben Wallace echoed his sentiments, suggesting some in Government were “just hoping” threats to the UK “will go away”.He told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg he did however agree the UK was facing “rising threats” from across the globe. “We need to be taking action across those areas. Of course there is always more to do, but I believe we are making good progress against rising threats.”
The former soldier, who resigned as a minister at the end of March, said not enough figures within Government were considering things like how Britain would feed itself during a war, or how public services would work. Conservative former defence secretary Mr Wallace told the Telegraph: “The growing instability and insecurity directed at Britain and her allies means that the whole of society needs to make a step change towards recognising that our core duty is to think about our defence and our resilience.
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