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Evening Standard
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Seren Morris

UK defence budget 2023: How does spending compare with other countries?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt revealed in the spring Budget that the UK’s defence spending will rise to 2.25 per cent of GDP.

The government will commit £11 billion to the defence budget over the next five years after a £5 billion funding package for the Ministry of Defence was announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this week.

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