The long-delayed defence investment plan will be released in "weeks" rather than months, a senior minister said as he denied the Government was "putting off" publication.Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the document setting out defence investment over the next decade was "close" to being published.He told Sky News's Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips: "I think it will be more like weeks than months, but we want to get this right and do it properly."

The long-delayed defence investment plan will be released in "weeks" rather than months, a senior minister said as he denied the Government was "putting off" publication.Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the document setting out defence investment over the next decade was "close" to being published.He told Sky News's Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips: "I think it will be more like weeks than months, but we want to get this right and do it properly."