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UK defence spending

  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    UK defence nuclear
    UK and France vow to co-ordinate nuclear weapons for first time

    Announcement marks increase in co-operation between allies amid growing threat from Russia

    An unarmed missile is fired from HMS Vigilant
  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    UK defence nuclear
    UK to purchase US jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons

    Britain will join Nato’s airborne atomic mission in a significant overhaul of the country’s defence strategy

    A US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II military jet air display at the Paris Air Show in June
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    UK defence funding will hit 5% of GDP by 2035, Starmer to tell Nato summit

    New target includes 1.5% of spending on security-related infrastructure such as cyber and border protection

    British servicemen unfurl the Union Jack flag
  • Sunday, 8 June, 2025
    UK spending review
    UK prioritises health and defence as other budgets face squeeze

    Chancellor set to give NHS a 2.8% real-terms rise in annual day-to-day spending over three years

    NHS staff guide a patient through a hospital ward
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    Political Fix podcast29 min listen
    Facing down a fiscal firestorm

    A look ahead to the spending review

  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    UK economy
    How big is the economic dividend from extra defence spending?

    UK ministers argue that higher military budgets will spur innovation and lead to long-term productivity gains

    A soldier from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Yorkshire Regiment
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    UK set to back Nato push for members to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence

    Commitment to new target expected at summit despite fresh questions for Keir Starmer over funding

    Aerial view of soldiers and vehicles from the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment at Kendrew Barracks near Oakham, England
  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    Explainer
    Britain’s military future mapped out in defence review

    Plan emphasises a shift towards ‘warfighting readiness’

    Montage shows an artist’s impression of the SSN-Aukus submarine, a member of the armed forces and a drone
  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    UK must spend £68bn to modernise military, defence review suggests

    Drones and artificial intelligence will be needed to increase warfighting capability

    An F-35B Lightning II fighter at RAF Marham, Norfolk
  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The gap between Britain’s defence rhetoric and reality

    UK should commit to raising spending more quickly in the face of mounting threats

    HMS Vengeance Vanguard-class submarine
  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    Aerospace & Defence
    EU clears venture for fighter jet co-operation between UK, Italy and Japan

    Project seeks to create alternative to US’s next-generation programme after F-35 jet

    A concept model of the Global Combat Air Programme’s fighter jet on display in Tokyo, Japan
  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    Starmer refuses to commit to precise date for 3% defence spending target

    Britain to build up to 12 attack submarines as it moves to war-ready footing

    HMS Ambush, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, is partially submerged in waters
  • Saturday, 31 May, 2025
    Fred Thomas
    Risk aversion in the defence ministry is holding Britain back

    Modern armies must adopt and deploy the latest warfighting technology

    A soldier launches a Nano BUG military drone on the Salisbury Plain training area
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    UK defence
    UK’s high-tech warfare operations to be unified in defence shake-up

    Reorganisation of cyber and electronic military units will be crucial part of government’s strategic review

    UK soldiers deployed on Exercise Army Cyber Spartan
  • Tuesday, 6 May, 2025
    Royal Navy UK
    Royal Navy chief Ben Key steps down

    Change of top brass comes ahead of UK government’s strategic defence review

    Admiral Sir Ben Key
  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
    UK must expand its Arctic military position, defence review to say

    State-backed report will call for more investment in drones and tech in a new era of state conflict

    Snipers from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment moving across snow covered ground in Norway
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    UK floats plan for joint European fund to ‘stockpile’ weapons

    ‘Supranational’ vehicle would purchase for participating states at more favourable borrowing rates

    F-35B Lightning jets on the flight deck of Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in February 2024
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    News in-depthUK Spring Statement 2025
    Rising debt and spending demands: the squeeze on Britain’s finances — in charts

    UK gross government debt rose from 85.7% of GDP in 2019 to 101.8% in 2024

    Montage shows an empty red wallet with an HMRC Treasury logo against a data backdrop
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    Labour party UK
    New poll shows risks for Starmer over spending choices

    Most Labour voters believe protecting welfare is more important than boosting UK defence budget

    Montage shows Keir Starmer against a backdrop of the MoD logo, a disability sign and polling data
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast31 min listen
    How big a fiscal hole is the British government in? With Paul Johnson

    The UK faces weak growth, high interest rates and a huge rise in defence spending

  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    EU defence
    Poland and UK discuss defence spending as Europe moves to re-arm

    Finance minister Andrzej Domański calls for smarter funding as continent moves to bolster its military power

    Soldiers from Poland and Britain stand in front of tanks at the Warsaw Armoured Brigade in Warsaw, Poland
  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    UK offers bumper pay package for new national armaments director

    Salary will be up to £400,000 per year, plus an annual bonus of up to 60%

    A Challenger tank
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Robert Shrimsley
    British politics has yet to catch up with Trump’s new order

    In a world without US security guarantees, all other priorities must give way to defence

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of Starmer as Lord Kitchener in the classic war poster.
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Class UK defence investments as ethical, Labour MPs urge banks

    Letter to lenders and fund managers seeks to sweep away elements of ESG rules that hamper arms companies

    A model of a Tempest fighter jet on display at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    EU think-tank looks to ETFs to boost European defence companies

    There has been a surge in interest in weapons makers, but current ETFs offer only global exposure

    rally in support of Ukraine
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