Former Nato chief warns UK is 'unprepared' for war

The prime minister has left the UK unprepared for war due to an “ever-expanding welfare budget” and “corrosive complacency”, the former Nato chief Lord George Robertson has warned.

The former Labour defence secretary spoke on Tuesday evening, accusing ministers of being unwilling to make the necessary investment to secure the UK's defence capabilities in the years to come.

In the speech, he said: “We are underprepared. We are underinsured. We are under attack. We are not safe… Britain’s national security and safety is in peril.”

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