The Prime Minister acknowledged some other areas of Government spending would be slashed in order to fund defence, with cuts to road and energy projects.

The new defence investment plan has allocated £14.5bn to fund Britain’s defence, still falling well short of the £28bn officials previously said was needed

The Prime Minister said the defence investment plan will keep the country 'safe and secure long into the future' with £5billion to ramp up the UK’s use of drones and autonomous…