In 2021/22, the United Kingdom spent approximately 48.6 billion British pounds on defense, an increase of around four billion pounds when on the previous year. In October 2022 British Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace announced that Britain’s military spending will double and reach 100 billion pounds by 2030, meeting the new Prime Minister Truss’ goal of increasing military spending to 3% of GDP.
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@9J3L3H2Conservative 1yr1Y
Increase, and make sure that there is greater recruitment offerings, and that it is offered as a pathway at the end of school (i.e. have members give talks in schools)
@9R3D2LPConservative9mos9MO
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
@9PCGLSSConservative10mos10MO
With my desire to restrict our activities in foreign wars, our defence funding should only be calculated for national needs.
@9P6LYBDConservative10mos10MO
Our armed forces are a joke compared to what they once were, money needs to be better spent before more is invested.
@9LXWZW5Conservative11mos11MO
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.
@9D2PBVMConservative2yrs2Y
The reason about reduce and other is working about it's free trafes
@9BS82X9Conservative2yrs2Y
I don't think this is a simple yes or no, it's very circumstantial and it depends where that budget goes.
@942PZQQConservative3yrs3Y
Increase, especially the Royal Navy. Build the greatest fleet the world has ever seen.
@92FWK4LConservative3yrs3Y
I don’t understand this topic enough
@9BTX993Conservative2yrs2Y
Increase, and we should increase collaboration with other nations on equipment, while increasing the number or employment programs involving the armed forces
@93T3S46Conservative3yrs3Y
Increase to a reasonable amount of GDP however it’s defence for the UK not for other countries.
@8N6GWSHConservative4yrs4Y
Spend 2% of GDP as required by NATO membership
@8Y3D6GNConservative3yrs3Y
Increase but focus on cyber security rather than hardware
@8TTQD3VConservative4yrs4Y
Maintain spending at the NATO target of 2%.
@8SSRZY5Conservative4yrs4Y
Keep the funding the same.
@8SMN8D6Conservative4yrs4Y
Satisfied with current spending but improve efficiency of spending (in all of public sector)
It should only be increased in times of legitimate requirement
@8PLDZTBConservative4yrs4Y
Increase it drastically, and remove some of the spending from the NHS to support it.
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