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Old 29th Jul 2015, 10:52
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With the 2% commitment, Defence has joined the hallowed ranks of the 'protected' budgets alongside Health, Education and International Development.
But not just "Spooks various" coming under defence spending, but I understand in a further bit of "creative accounting" Service pensions will start to be paid from the Defence Budget .......
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