NOT READY TO FACE THREATS

Defence Select Committee's chair blasts low investment

- ALEXANDER BROWN

MORE spending on defence is needed to counter threats from Russia and religious extremists, a senior MP has warned.

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, the chairman of the powerful Defence Select Committee, raised concerns about the state of the our security, and said that Britain is underprepared.

The Labour MP, known as Tan Dhesi, said: "I think a lot of people might not appreciate the propensity and scale of the increased threats that we face, particularly in the grey zone and the cyber domain.

"That is why I want to make sure the government is committed to a national conversation about defence, to make the British public more aware of the threat that we face."