Wes Streeting said the armed forces have been "run down" when asked about concerns raised by former head of the British Army General Lord Dannatt.The Health Secretary was asked on BBC Breakfast about Lord Dannatt's comments that spending 2.5% of GDP on defence does not "touch the sides" and his estimate that some 30,000 British troops might have to be deployed under a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine.He said it was "certainly not for me to speculate this morning" on how many troops could

Wes Streeting said the armed forces have been "run down" when asked about concerns raised by former head of the British Army General Lord Dannatt.The Health Secretary was asked on BBC Breakfast about Lord Dannatt's comments that spending 2.5% of GDP on defence does not "touch the sides" and his estimate that some 30,000 British troops might have to be deployed under a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine.He said it was "certainly not for me to speculate this morning" on how many troops could be needed.