Welfare or Warfare?

Announcing you are increasing defence spending in the same week that the Government face a vote on cuts to Welfare probably wasn't the brightest move but since they came to power the Labour Party haven't been that hot.  
On Monday the Prime Minister announced that the UK was set to increase spending on defence to 5% of GDP in the next decade adding a further £30bn to take spending to £75bn but today, faces a possible Parliamentary defeat in his attempt to cut £5bn from Welfare payments due to 'the welfare bill is unsustainable and must be dealt with'.
A third of his own side have signed an amendment to next week's welfare vote that could see his welfare reforms killed off although it would take more than that as he currently has a working majority of 165 votes and is confident that they can face down any rebellion rather than watering down the bill and especially in light of the embarrassing U-turn on the Winter Fuel payments.
Keir Starmer then has a big argument with his party in the coming days and an even bigger one with the public if his Chancellor has to announce cuts to services and tax hikes in the future in order to fund buying tanks, bullets and drones.
If i had my way i would cut defence spending to the bone and use that money to improve peoples lives, £75bn would build a lot of schools and hospitals and fix a lot of roads because it is our money he is spending and he has made the political decision spend it on the machines of war, the moron.