ANDY BURNHAM has said he is not “squeamish” about reducing the welfare bill to help fund higher defence spending, as he urged the government to listen to concerns raised by John Healey after his resignation as defence secretary. Speaking to The Times , the Greater Manchester mayor said “the world has changed” and it was “obvious” that assumptions about defence spending would need to be revised. He said he opposed “crude cuts” to welfare and instead backed a “preventative” approach that would hel