UK Government Is Facing Pressure On Defense Spending

UK Royal Air Force aircraft and crew on aircraft carrier

Despite calls for increased defense spending, polling suggests the subject is not on the public’s radar.

Credit: Amber Mayall/Royal Air Force
The UK government has long prided itself as one of the few NATO members to meet the alliance’s target to spend 2% of gross domestic product on defense. However, more than two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps’ caution that the country needs to...

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