A housing minister says he is "confident" the way UK government officials communicate is secure, after messages about European "free-loading" and plans for a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen in a White House Signal group chat were inadvertently leaked. Matthew Pennycook adds, "we all know that Europe has got to step up and do more for its collective defence". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I think it's ultimately a matter for the US administration.
00:03I'm not going to, if you'll forgive me, comment on every story that comes across the
00:08airways from the other side of the Atlantic.
00:11It is ultimately for that administration.
00:13In terms of our own communications as a government here, I'm absolutely confident that they're
00:18appropriate and robust.
00:19Well, we all know that Europe has got to step up and do more for its collective defence.
00:24That's precisely why the Prime Minister has announced the biggest increase in defence
00:29spending in our country since the Cold War, and all NATO partners need to know that they
00:34need to do more, and we've got to do more as part of that effort to increase our collective
00:38security and take more of the burden ourselves for Europe's defence.