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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Investment should be made in relevant areas, not unaffordable vanity projects such as aircraft carriers
@9DBQNBP2yrs2Y
@9BS82X9Conservative2yrs2Y
I don't think this is a simple yes or no, it's very circumstantial and it depends where that budget goes.
@94JQTYQ3yrs3Y
It should be maintained at a level that slows us to respond imminently but should not be detrimental to the coffers.
@94H8BM43yrs3Y
Increase funding to certain areas like decarbonisation and upskilling which in turn improves national security
@92FWK4LConservative3yrs3Y
I don’t understand this topic enough
They should manage it appropriately, for example if the NHS requires support then the government should decrease spending and vice versa
@97Z3M5K2yrs2Y
I'm unsure on the matter
@8N6GWSHConservative4yrs4Y
Spend 2% of GDP as required by NATO membership
@8Y5RFYH3yrs3Y
Decrease and redirect funds into schools and hospitals.
@8VBNG7X4yrs4Y
Pause capital spending and develop defensive capability only.
@8TTQD3VConservative4yrs4Y
Maintain spending at the NATO target of 2%.
@8TC5GHL4yrs4Y
@8SS5JZG4yrs4Y
Decrease, and abolish all our foreign bases and bring the troops home.
@8S2PHTJ4yrs4Y
Neither, it should look into investing the current funding into new updated methods that align with modern defences
@8SDR4NZ4yrs4Y
Increase spending, but spend the extra only on improving and expanding non-nuclear defence capabilities.
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