Pay rise for armed forces demanded by Labour’s defence chief as Theresa May attacked for starving them of cash

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Labour’s defence chief will demand a pay rise for troops as she bids to exploit Tory divisions and moncler jacket sale quell fears over Jeremy Corbyn’s commitment to the Armed Forces.

Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith is expected to back Trident, call for more money for the military and attack Theresa May for starving defence of cash when she addresses the Royal United Services Institute think tank on Monday.

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Ms Griffith’s speech to RUSI comes in the week of Armed Forces Day and ahead of next month’s(JULY) crunch NATO summit in Brussels where Donald Trump is expected to rap allies for failing to pump enough cash into their military.

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Veteran anti nuclear campaigner Mr Corbyn has previously been accused of failing to back Britain’s soldiers, sailors and airmen after opposing wars they have been sent to.

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