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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Only if tensions are rising and war could happen
@B2NHBD62mos2MO
Maintain the same, have a smaller but better trained and more well equipped force focused on national defence
@9G6DX7N1yr1Y
Slightly increase but focus more on diplomacy to avoid any potential conflicts, stay out of conflicts that don’t threaten the uk
@9PQ4Q6J10mos10MO
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.
@955SD9G3yrs3Y
Increase, by retiring nuclear weapons and reallocating the funding to something we might actually use
@945K7TRLiberal Democrat3yrs3Y
Military spending should be focused on defence as opposed to offence.
@8R56832Plaid Cymru4yrs4Y
Decrease, by scaling back wasteful and destructive operations in the Middle East
@8PZGW974yrs4Y
ppp enemy has changed as such so has requirements
@8PW9TK54yrs4Y
The Government should be more competent with the military
@9CDW74J2yrs2Y
Neutral/increase after deficit is drastically removed - circumstantial.
@99SXJK22yrs2Y
Should be increased and strengthen the uk military power
Reform MOD procurement within existing funding instead
I am uneducated on the topic
@8SGV5J84yrs4Y
I don’t think funding should necessarily be reduced but I think there could be less waste, poor decisions
Not informed well enough to decide on this topic
Slight decrease by gradual withdrawal from foreign countries
@8SLLC2Y4yrs4Y
Increase, given that troop numbers have recently been drastically reduced; but spend the funding more intelligently.
@8SKHYFJ4yrs4Y
Increase but focus on new threats in a digital age.
Increase conventional forces spending paid for by nuclear disarmament.
@8RWG4NB4yrs4Y
Increase pay our soldiers well for protecting our country
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