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“We will plan for this year, and next year, and the year after and beyond," the defence secretary said.
The former PM is one of a number of high-profile Tories facing defeat in 2024.
The former prime minister's idea was dubbed "a vanity project" and "silly populist nonsense".
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The prime minister has previously committed to spending 2.5% of gross domestic product on the armed forces by 2026.
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The defence secretary criticised his colleagues for walking out on the prime minister.
Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg are still backing the under-fire prime minister.
Ben Wallace also compared the situation in Ukraine to the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939.
Plea comes as the prime minister ditches Tory manifesto pledge to boost the armed forces budget.