Britain must be most aggressive European member of NATO: Labour

Sky News
February 6, 2023

UK must halt defence cuts and lead the way for Europe in NATO, says Labour’s shadow defence secretary

John Healey will call on the UK to keep arming Ukraine and produce weapons and ammunition to replenish the military’s own depleted stockpiles.

The government must secure the UK’s position as the leading European nation in NATO and halt further cuts to the army, Labour’s shadow defence secretary will say.

John Healey will also call on Rishi Sunak to crank up British industry to produce weapons and ammunition to replenish the military’s own depleted stockpiles and to keep arming Ukraine.

“The next government will inherit the Ukraine conflict and Russia’s wider aggression,” he will say in a speech at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London on Tuesday.