![]() Members of the taskforce made grim predictions on Wednesday for the UK unless it harnesses the opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological advances. Ms Truss likened sluggish growth to a "boiling a frog situation" as she attended an event to launch the Growth Commission.Īsked by reporters whether her own economic approach had been the right one, she said: "It's a long game." It came as her newly-convened taskforce warned that the UK risks lagging behind other nations in living standards unless it tackles stagnation. The former prime minister today appeared to suggest that a mini-budget that plunged her government into chaos may have paid off in the long-term. "I said to the Ukrainians last year, when I drove 11 hours to be given a list - I said, I am not Amazon." He said he too had told the Ukrainians in June last year that the UK was not the online delivery service when it came to supplying arms. Mr Wallace said you sometimes hear "grumbles" from American lawmakers - not the administration - about support to Ukraine that "we've given $83bn worth or whatever you know, we're not Amazon." "And whether you like that or not, that is just the reality of it." "But sometimes you've got to persuade lawmakers on the Hill in America, you've got to persuade doubting politicians in other countries that you know, that it's worth it and it's worthwhile and that they're getting something for it. "My counsel to the Ukrainians is sometimes look you're persuading countries to give up their own stocks and yes the war is a noble war and yes we see it as you doing a war for - not just yourself - but our freedoms. ![]() "There is a slight word of caution here, which is that whether we like it or not people want to see gratitude," Mr Wallace said in a briefing to journalists on the sidelines of the two-day summit in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. ![]() The defence secretary said he did not believe this was the case, before describing how Ukraine is always asking for more even after receiving the latest batch of arms. He was responding to a question from Sky News about whether the failure of allies to give President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a timeframe for membership to NATO at a major summit this week would undermine the morale of his troops on the frontline. In a blunt intervention, Ben Wallace said his "counsel" to the Ukrainians was to keep in mind that they need to persuade some doubting politicians in Washington and other capitals that the tens of billions of pounds they are spending in military aid to their country for its war with Russia is worthwhile. The UK is not an "Amazon" delivery service for weapons to Ukraine and Kyiv might be wise to let its supporters "see gratitude", Britain's defence secretary has said. By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor ![]()
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