Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

Only if tensions are rising and war could happen

We are not Italy

Think you meant the UK not Italy lads

We should adjust our military spending to ensure we meet our obligations under the NATO treaty.

It's up to Italy

Up to Italy, no?

The entire military needs reform before any changes to finding are made.

Why would I care

That is up to the Italian people to decide

It’s Italy’s decision

Italy can do what it wants as long as it's not UK tax payers money

I vote in the UK not italy.

Italy is nothing to do with the UK.

This is a decision for the Italian people. All NATO members should be working towards 5%.

Maintain the same budget but isolate from foreign conflicts and aim to have diplomatic relationships with all countries

Increase, as we are currently living through tumultuous times in world politics, but ultimately decrease

Drastically reduce the cost of RnD spendeture and move that money towards re arming and recalling the current arsenal of the country including buying more challenger tanks and new rifles to replace the L85A2

There should be an overall decrease as nuclear weapons should be dismantled however spending on naval, ground and air defence should stay the same.

Keep as is, but make military more useful by having them involved much in more community service rather than training for fighting. Make community service at least 50% of their time spend.

Increase only if it's for defending our boarders and not attacking other countries for wars the public do not agree with

Increase to mitigate the cuts of the previous years. For example, our Royal Navy has been decimated by successive governments.

Isolationist; decrease overseas military spending but incerase defence spending on our shores and land. Don't get involved in wars unless other nations are planning to attack our country or if there's World War 3

Defense budgets should be fixed to a percentage of GDP. Prob around 3%

Decrease but use the money to invest into space program.

Abolish the current military structure, and implement a Japan styled 'self-defence' force based entirely on non-aggression, peacekeeping and self-defence principles.

I do not live in Italy. It is up to the citizens there to decide

This question is not relevant and should be removed

How does this matter to me?

It’s for Italy to decide

Britain should increase defence spending.if it's Italy, Italy has it's own decisions to make, not for me to comment

this is a matter for Italy

Depending on the situation of the rest of the world and if we are willing to offer support to those in need of it

Decrease, but not drastically and divert the surplus money into the healthcare and education sector.

Increased but wasted should be more thoroughly looked at and scrutinized eg giving money to companies that aren't producing results that benefit the nation.

We should meet 2.5% base level, with an additional 0.5% Crisis Fund to be directed into modernisation of the armed forces, before turning to the NHS and Education.

Decrease, and strategically reallocate those funds towards significantly increasing investment in health, education, and welfare initiatives that directly address the needs of the most vulnerable.

Increase as we live in a time close to another world war breaking out and we can't afford to be unprepared

Decrease, focus on cyber-warfare and anti-terrorism and better our relationship and co-operation with the EU as a defensive bloc.

In the light of current world instability, and with the USA becoming an increasingly unreliable ally under the Trump administration, military spending should be increased.

It should be increased only to defend poorer countries which are wrongfully under attack, however I am anti war.

Our military is very important to protect our country. While I think that our deficit needs to be drastically reduced, we should also increase spending on the military.

Maintain the same, have a smaller but better trained and more well equipped force focused on national defence

Increase in terms of defensive equipment and technology with an inclusive military, that is volunteer filled.

I've seen myself where the money is being spent. For instance hundreds of consoles, pcs and tvs. It needs to put a limit on where the money is going.

Steadily increase spending on counter terroism agencies and the nuclear triad everything else can wait whilst we work on the economy first.

I’m ok With having a military force for protection of us or other countries but do not agree with active war fare

With my desire to restrict our activities in foreign wars, our defence funding should only be calculated for national needs.

Stay the same but with a more targeted approach toward technological advancements in defensive equipment such as anti-missle and drone.

Our armed forces are a joke compared to what they once were, money needs to be better spent before more is invested.

Increase. I served 7 years in the British Army and although we're one of the best trained Armies in the world, our equipment is old, outdated and in need of significant modernization.

Investment should be made in relevant areas, not unaffordable vanity projects such as aircraft carriers

Maintain, allow for adequate defense of territory without projection of power overseas or grandstanding

Dependant on situation, right now the world is an unsafe place so it would be foolish to decrease spending despite the cost of living.

The government needs to perform an inquiry into where military spending is going. As someone with friends in the military I am well aware that is it not being well spent. Only after this a rebalancing of finances should take place. In the current time period it is important to have a fully functioning military.

You won't need to adjust the amount you spend but lean the military!! They waste so much, I know from working within the military how much waste there is!!

Increase and also use its budget more effectively and distributing it in ways that the reforms made are more significant with more positive impact for the armed forces

Increase I guess? We should avoid another war by all means, there are far too many babies,small children and innocent animals in our country, a war would be devastating and I can guarantee a riot would ensue if war was coming for us. War is not safe, it is not needed, but should we targeted or attacked, we should absolutely be ready and able to defend our country so I guess keep finding the military to make sure they are able to keep us safe should the worst happen.

Potentially increase or decrease. This needs to be looked in how we are spending the money in the first place as im sure some of it is wasted / services are overpaid.

Stop contracting recruitment to Capita for a start, that'll save loads of money and actually get more people through the door. My application was delayed for literally years until I gave up and sought out other opportunities.

Neither, but it should remove the pension burden for service personnel from the defence budget to free up more spending on equipment and training

Increase until the military is modernised, then reduce to maintain a set level above the NATO minimum.

Decrease; we should focus on negotiating with our “enemies” because preparing to fight them will get us nowhere, but peace can go a long way.

Increase, but focus on home and commonwealth territories, not unwarranted excursions into foreign lands, or playing the mercenary to for called allies.

Increase, focus on defending British homeland and territories, but don't allow our troops to become mercenaries for our so called allies, and don't engage in unwarranted foreign wars.

Stop wasteful R&D, just buy American equipment to stop us wasting billions developing bad equipment ex. the Ajax.

ONLY should increase if it is concern to our country. Should not be using our tax payer money for other countries crises, we don't even have enough money in the country. A lot of people/citizen are struggling, use tax payer money for own country.

We are in a position where hostility’s are spreading around the world therefore we need to ensure we can protect our own country.

Decrease but not entirely abandon. The military spending takes up a lot of money that could be useful elsewhere

Increase, however de-prioritise trident and instead focus on high quality equipment and not the nuclear programme.

The military spending should be moderate and balanced with other priorities for Great Britain. A military spending which is appropriate for defending the nation.

Well ideally but one that’s dependent on our relationship with other countries in their world and two that’s dependent on the uk’s relative spending

Increase but the money should better spent on quality equipment for soldiers and contracts need to be under all kinds of scrutiny.

Increasing or reducing the amount of military spending must be adjusted to national and global conditions.

decrease military spending to be able to divert funding towards welfare initiatives, health and education sectors that need more funding instead of funding fighting and military interventions.

Decrease and concentrate resources on defence of the UK and not foreign adventures being USAs sidekick.

Yes - with everything going on in the world at the moment it’s good for us to be protected if needed

Slightly increase but focus more on diplomacy to avoid any potential conflicts, stay out of conflicts that don’t threaten the uk

Increase, all branches of the military are drastically underfunded and the UK is no longer a largw, competent fighting force.

If it is required to protect our country then yes but if it is not a necessary requirement then don’t waste money that could be used on housing homeless people and giving jobs to our citizens instead of the foreigners

More money in defence against cyber and environmental threats

A united, european defense system with a decreased milltary spending.

Increase but focus most of the spending on the navy, air force

spend less on this and more on national health service

Only if there is spare money

Depends on geopolitics

Disband the military with immediate effect

Yes but it can't be like the nhs

Increase spending on the navy.

The government should look to support ex service personnel more than they currently do now

Not my country - not my business

Align spending with the 2.5% nato target, with an additional 0.5% as a Crisis Fund targeted at modernisation and reform.

Increase, but in tandem and partnership with the EU (to combat and deter Russia), with priority on the functional independence of the armed forces from US interests (beyond NATO), and making the armed forces a competitive career option to help with recruitment.

It depends. We should repurpose the military from pointless bases across the world protecting America's interests, and instead withdraw our troops to home soil for infrastructure projects and construction, as well as necessary specialised jobs for those with skills, whilst offering education through the military.

Increase! But only because of the current wars and the withdrawal of the US from protection of the UK.

Increase as long as the money goes towards supporting people moving on from the military and the mental health of all personnel.

Increase to modernise the living abd training facilities. Make sure they have the correct equipment relevant for their role and to make more opportunities for learning new skills, trades and qualifications

Increase, but only to help Military members that suffer from PTSD and other injuries or illnesses suffered whilst they were serving the country.

Increase but effectively. Don’t blow it on things we don’t need. Improve effectiveness and safety strategically. Also, link it to reducing misogyny and other discrimination across the forces.

The government needs to increase our military spending as we are a sitting duck, have no military readiness or actual capabilities. However, we can't really afford it right now so we need to fix our budget deficit before any major changes can be done.