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2023-12-20 09:24:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 75D612C7FBE85C1D2E266FF8C4D49A5C65E1D343AFE92223532E721BBB810C39
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Up to the Spring budget of 2023, Rishi Sunak had cut the UK Defence Budget as both Chancellor & Prime Minister, breaching the 2019 Election Manifesto pledge to "increase the Defence Budget year on year by 0.5% above inflation" 4 years running. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/11/11/rishi-sunak-cut-defence-spending-real-terms-despite-tough-stance/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/10/29/defence-budget-course-25-billion-a-year-cut-amid-soaring-inflation/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8175/ Spring 2023: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8175/CBP-8175.pdf https://static.rusi.org/implications-of-the-spring-budget-for-uk-defence.pdf
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