Ben Wallace pledges to 'fight for as much money as he can get' for Ministry of Defence

Ben Wallace has pledged to 'fight for as much money as he can get' to fund defence department during a selected committee hearing.

Appearing before the Commons Defence Committee, Mr Wallace he denied he threatened to resign if he did not get a commitment to raise defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030, Mr Wallace said: “I haven’t said I would resign on 2.5, 3.5, 4%. Obviously the media might like that.”