Admiral Tony Radakin, Chief of Staff of the British Armed Forces, said that despite the £5bn increase in the defense budget, the possibility of reducing the size of the army continues. newspaper reports Telegram.
“We may inevitably have to cut spending in other areas,” Radakin said.
The country’s government has announced more than £20bn in 2020, with the chief of staff calling these funds a “major investment in the UK’s defence”.
British officials on Monday published an updated foreign policy and defense strategy, which assumes an increase in defense spending by 2.5% of GDP.
old edition of the Daily Mail reportedThe British Parliament was angry at the low cost of its army. According to the publication’s interlocutors, the decision to allocate £5 billion to defense over two years “could be called a de facto funding cut.”