Wales Office under Jo Stevens receives official rebuke for misleading claim about defence spending

Martin Shipton Former Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens and the Wales Office she led have been rebuked by the UK Statistics Authority for making the misleading claim that the UK Government was increasing defence spending by £270bn. In fact the figure represents the UK’s total defence budget. A post on X by the Wales Office sa

The Wales Office and MoD also repeated the claim that £270bn more was being spent on defence.