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Defence Secretary Wes Streeting hits out at certain members of his own party who say defence spending comes at the expense of public services. Addressing delegates at the Labour Conference in Liverpool on Monday, he says: "I also have to say directly to some of our critics on the left, you are not defending our public services by attacking investment in our national defences." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00And I also have to say directly to some of our critics on the left,
00:03you are not defending our public services by attacking investment in our national defences.
00:16As a Labour Defence Secretary called Mr Healy once said,
00:20once we cut defence expenditure to the extent where our security is imperiled,
00:25we have no houses, we have no hospitals, we have no schools, we have a heap of cinders.
00:33Dennis Healy was right in 1969 and another Mr Healy called John was right to demand more
00:40when he was Defence Secretary just this year.
00:44In this Labour Chancellor...
00:49In this Labour Chancellor we have a champion for defence.
00:53He knows it's not either or when it comes to public services and national security.

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