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2024-05-14 20:27:27 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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The £75 billion extra in defence spending assumes that spending would have otherwise remained constant in cash terms, which is a misrepresentation of the situation. If you assume spending would have remained at 2.3% GDP, the figure is more like £12 billion. https://ifs.org.uk/articles/empty-defence-spending-promises-are-shot-dark
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