
Sunak Announces Defence Spending Will Increase to 2.5 Percent by 2030
Published on April 23, 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has committed the UK to spending 2.5 percent of its GDP on defence by 2030, the biggest increase in defence spending in a generation. The prime minister made the pledge during a visit to Poland on Tuesday, confirming the defence budget would receive an additional £75 billion over the next six years as he warned that the world was “the most dangerous it has been since the end of the Cold War.” Delivering a speech alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Mr. Sunak said “we cannot be complacent. As our adversaries align, we must do more to defend our country, our interests, and our values....
