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The Times reports that the government is considering plans for private firms to purchase military aircraft and lease them back to Britain. The move is framed as a method for funding defense amid concerns over the threat of war.
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“And new this morning, rearm now, pay later. At no point in my lifetime has the threat of war loomed as large as it does today. Well, The Times reveals plans for off-the-books defence funding with private firms buying military aircraft and then leasing them back to Britain. Well, we're going to find out what the Conservatives make of those plans just after eight o'clock this morning.”