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Cross party Defence Pledge calls for 2.5% spending - but it's not enough

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Paul Mason
Apr 03, 2024
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British Army Challenger 2 on exercise (C) MOD. Credit: Sgt Donald C Todd

The call for an uplift to UK Defence spending got a boost this week with the publication of the Defence Pledge – a cross-party campaign led by the Council on Geostrategy. It calls for all parties to commit to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence, rising to 3% by the rest of the decade.

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