Shapps declines to say when defence spending target will be hit
by Sophie Wingate
Jan 21, 2024
2 minutes
Grant Shapps could not say when a Conservative pledge to raise defence spending would be reached, despite having warned of rising global threats.
The Defence Secretary said spending on defence was currently below the target of 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of the size of the economy.
“We’re comfortably above 2%,” he told Sky’s Sunday Morning
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