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Old 11th Oct 2006, 10:49
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Originally Posted by phil gollin
So is the defence budget going to increase to pay these bonus's to the troops, or merely something else disappearing ?
He said, and I quote, so it must be true:

"I would like to thank my Rt Hon friend the Chancellor for making over £60m of new money available so we can fund this new bonus without taking any existing defence funding away from front line needs. "
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