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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

UK’s military needs to focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions – report

HMS Montrose warship docked at Limassol port, Cyprus
The report finds that Britain has the most overseas-oriented military among European nations. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The UK’s military is too focused on global commitments at the expense of domestic defence, meaning the government’s planned increase in defence spending is likely to result in even greater waste, a thinktank report has warned.

According to an analysis by researchers at the Transition Security Project, Britain has the most overseas-oriented military among European nations, with almost a quarter of the defence budget spent on commitments across five continents.

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