UK needs to have a strong economy to fund defence in a volatile world, says shadow chancellor

The shadow chancellor has said the best way the UK can shield itself from global instability is to "have a strong economy ourselves [as] that will give us the capacity to properly fund defence". Andrew Griffith said: "One of the weaknesses in our armoury is the lack of funding for the government's own independent defence plan. Something three days into my role as shadow chancellor, I set out how we would fund that." Read the latest: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-l... #uk #nato #russia #ukraine #oil #donaldtrump #unitedstates SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos:    / skynews   Follow us on X:   / skynews   Like us on Facebook:   / skynews   Follow us on Instagram:   / skynews   Follow us on TikTok:   / skynews   For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-n... Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy or Ed Conway's Stuff Matters, available here: https://podfollow.com/stuff-matters To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales