Exclusive: Former defence secretary calls for the size of the Army to rise to 100,000
Sir Gavin was speaking ahead of the Prime Minister's surprise announcement that defence spending would rise to 2.5% from 2027.
Sian Grzeszczyk Melbourne is an award-winning journalist with more than 17 years of experience, including nearly a decade reporting for the BBC. She was based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for two years, is a military spouse and was the first British journalist to fly in a US Army Apache attack helicopter and even briefly take the controls. Sian specialises in covering the RAF, politics, military chiefs and military royal engagements.
