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Truss' defence budget pledge doesn't add up past 2024, expert warns

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It is predicted that a Liz Truss government would have to grow the UK Armed Forces by more than 40,000 personnel and spend £157bn more to meet its commitment to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030.

The Conservative leadership candidate's pledge to boost defence spending from current levels of around 2% would be the most significant increase since the early 1950s, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) said.

The author of the RUSI report, Professor Malcolm Chalmers, spoke to Forces News.

More: https://www.forces.net/politics/truss-government-would-need-boost-military-over-40000-and-ps157bn-new-analysis-suggests

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