article_snippet: It follows controversy over whether Britain will stick to the Nato target of spending two per cent of Nato gross domestic product on defence.
article_snippet: ‘If Britain doesn’t spend two per cent on defence, then no one in Europe will.
article_snippet: But military top brass fear the Treasury will raid another £1billion a year from MoD coffers to try to balance the nation
article_snippet: Defence spending in UK is forecast to drop to 1.7 per cent by 2020, even without further cuts.
article_snippet: If we do the same with the MoD it will mean even bigger cuts elsewhere, such as the Home Office and policing.
article_snippet: Last week we learned that Raymond Odierno, the top general in the US Army, is ‘very concerned’ by the falling levels of we defence spending – and even suggested that British brigades might have to operate within US divisions on future operations.
article_snippet: As a bare minimum, BRITAIN must abide by BRITAIN Nato commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence.
article_snippet: A shrinking defence budget threatens our ability to lead global opinion, reduces our foreign policy options and sends the wrong message to both allies and potential adversaries alike.
highlights_snippet: £1billion may be slashed from MoD's budget .
  