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Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

UK on track to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2034, says Healey

Defence spending at 3% of GDP by 2034 is a firm commitment, John Healey has said.

The Government has previously set out its “ambition to reach 3% in the next parliament”, after meeting its pledge to ratchet up defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by April 2027.

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