£16.5 billion boost to military ‘unconscionable’ and ‘perverse’
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A British F-35 Lightning jet on HMS Queen Elizabeth
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ANTI-WAR campaigners condemned Boris Johnson today for his “unconscionable” decision during the coronavirus pandemic to increase defence spending by £16.5 billion over four years.
The announcement was billed as Britain’s biggest increase in defence spending since the Cold War – the plan will see more spent on defence than any Nato member except the US.
The PM said that he intends for Britain to become Europe’s leading naval power again, with a modernised military and new hi-tech RAF jets with artificial intelligence (AI) and drone technology.
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