UK defense spending plans may fall short by 21 billion pounds: watchdog

LONDON (Reuters) - The budget set by Britain's defense ministry to support new equipment needed in the next decade could fall short by 20.8 billion pounds ($29.5 billion), Britain's independent government spending watchdog has said.

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LONDON (Reuters) - The budget set by Britain's defense ministry to support new equipment needed in the next decade could fall short by 20.8 billion pounds ($29.5 billion), Britain's independent government spending watchdog has said. <div class="feedflare"><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=lW5dXjzlX4c:eaMvhKvhsXs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=lW5dXjzlX4c:eaMvhKvhsXs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=lW5dXjzlX4c:eaMvhKvhsXs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=lW5dXjzlX4c:eaMvhKvhsXs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=lW5dXjzlX4c:eaMvhKvhsXs:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a></div> <img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~4/lW5dXjzlX4c" width="1" /><br /> <br /> from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2DNg5Sj<br />