UK government considering increase in defence spending
“To meet the wider threat, it’s clear that we are going to have to spend more, faster,” Sir Keir said. “We’ve shown our collective intent in this regard as well, with the historic agreement to increase spending to 5% on security and defence. And we’re prepared to explore innovative solutions.”
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