The reduction of defence expenditure and its parliamentary scrutiny were identified as additional means for ensuring greater national spending on developmental sectors, such as education and health. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
The government uses the money collected from service tax in various expenditures such as infrastructure projects, social welfare projects, defence expenditure etc.. (policybazaar.com)
He was an unremittingly traditional leftwinger, a fierce critic of high defence expenditure, the hereditary membership of the House of Lords and the establishment of academy schools. (theguardian.com)