Archimedes wrote:-
"Disagree, toddbabe. He's the chap who provides the funds, so many of the problems faced can be traced to his door just as easily as to his neighbour's more famously numbered abode.
Also, if - as seems probable - he's going to be the next PM, it doesn't seem unreasonable to get him out there to see what's going on. It might even prompt him to consider whether more money is needed. Yes, most unlikely, but stranger things have happened (who' 20 years ago would've imagined Prescott taking PM Questions, for instance?)"
It seems he has already decided whether more money is needed and it is certainly not to provide more resources for the Services. It was reported earlier today that the Chancellor will announce that the UK will provide an additional £15 million for economic development, which will be used to support the Afghan government's National Solidarity Programme.