Boris Johnson to break manifesto commitment on defence spending
The TelegraphBoris Johnson is set to break a flagship manifesto commitment on defence spending, amid calls for an increase to the budget in the wake of the war in Ukraine. On the eve of a Nato summit in Madrid, where Western countries will agree to boost their forces on the alliance’s border with Russia, ministers are set to miss their target of increasing defence spending by 0.5 per cent above inflation every year. The Conservatives' 2019 manifesto said ministers would “continue to exceed the Nato target of spending 2 per cent of GDP on defence and increase the budget by at least 0.5 per cent above inflation every year of the new Parliament”. “The intention is always to honour manifesto commitments but they were made before £400bn was spent coping with a global pandemic that none could have possibly foreseen.” Rising prices mean Mr Johnson would have to increase the budget by almost 10 per cent to meet the manifesto pledge.
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