PM pledges to put arms industry on ‘war footing’ with plan to raise defence budget to £87bn a year by 2030Britain will boost its defence spending to 2.5% of national output by the end of the decade as Rishi Sunak pledged to put the UK’s arms industry on a “war footing” in response to global threats.The prime minister’s plan, which he said would help the UK deal with an “increasingly dangerous” world, would steadily increase defence spending to £87bn a year by 2030. Continue reading
The PM says billions of extra spending will put the UK's defence industry on a "war footing".
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps questioned why Sir Keir Starmer would not back the plan despite claiming his 'changed' party would 'never shut its eyes to the threats our country faces'.
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Total military spending by nations reached a record high of $2.443 trillion in 2023, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI.Across the globe, military expenditures increased by 6.8% in real terms over 2022, the steepest rise since 2009, according to the Swedish think tank which has tracked the military spending by countries based on open sources since the 1960s. Every region saw an increase, but Europe, Asia and Oceania, and...
On April 23, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a significant hike in government spending on the country's defences to overcome emerging threats from Russia and the Middle East. This move will increase defence spending to 2.5% of the UK's GDP by 2030."It is a generational investment in British security and prosperity, which makes us safer at home and stronger abroad," the PM said during his visit to the Polish Capital, Warsaw. He believed his actions were necessary amid threats of war in...
The Prime Minister dismissed claims from Labour that his dramatic pledge to spend an extra £75 billion on defence by the end of the decade was not fully funded.
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In his response to the Ulster Unionist peer, Defence Minister the Earl of Minto admitted that UK defence spending in 2023 had fallen to just 2.28 percent of GDP compared to 2.47 percent in 2010. Lord Rogan commented: “We are living through particularly dangerous times with major conflicts going on in the Middle East and Ukraine, plus repeated military threats to Taiwan from China. “This is not a time for the United Kingdom to drop its guard but, as these figures demonstrate, that is precisely...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Tuesday announced additional funding for Ukraine and pledged to increase Britain's own defence budget, during a visit to the Polish capital Warsaw.Sunak said Britain was giving GBP500 million ($617 million) in additional military funding for Kyiv as he held talks with Polish premier Donald Tusk and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.Sunak said London would gradually boost defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030."In a world that is the most dangerous it has been...