Boris Johnson has been accused of making a “secret” retreat in the battle against terrorism. It follows the revelation £400million is being slashed from a fund that tackles Isis extremism at its roots in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
The cut was buried in the recent Government spending review which boosts military spending by £16.5billion over four years and was hailed by the PM as ending “an era of retreat”.
But Labour ’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, Lisa Nandy, says Mr Johnson’s boast masked the fact the Conflict Security and Stability Fund budget was being slashed from £1.2bn a year to £800m.
The fund helps combat the influence of Isis through intelligence and education, disrupts cyber-terrorists and is in the frontline against
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