Why Gavin Williamson is blackmailing Theresa May with a £20bn threat

Defence secretary says he made PM - and he ‘can break her’

Theresa May meets troops of 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment in Salisbury in 2016
(Image credit: Matt Cardy - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has threatened to bring down Theresa May’s government unless she promises to spend another £20bn on the British Armed Forces.

What is Williamson threatening?

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