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Published date24 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Record, The / Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Prime Minister made the funding commitment as he said the world was entering its most dangerous phase since the end of the Cold War, On a visit to Poland yesterday, Sunak pledged to hike spending on defence to 2.5 per cent of the UK's GDP by the end of the decade

Funding will rise from £64.6billion in 2024 to £78.2billion in 2028, and then £87billion in 2030/31, after months of pressure from Tory MPs.

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The extra £75billion over six years will be funded by taking money from other budgets and slashing civil servants.

Sunak stressed the UK was "not on the brink of war" but claimed the extra money would put the defence industry "on a war footing".

He also urged European leaders to step up funding in the wake of threats from "an axis of authoritarian states" including Russia, China and Iran.

Speaking alongside NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Warsaw, Sunak said: "In a world that's the most dangerous it's been since the end of the Cold War, we must not be complacent."

He said the costs of allowing Vladimir...

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