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Will the UK's plan for defence help it hit Nato's spending target?
Key takeaways
- BBC Verify has been looking at how much extra the government is committing to spend on defence in the coming years - and whether it puts the UK on track to hit its promised commitments.
- The Ministry of Defence's overall budget for 2026-27 is £68.3bn, according to the Defence Investment Plan.
- However there is a measure known as Nato-qualifying defence spending which is wider than the MoD's budget, because it includes state spending on things like military pensions.
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Chu, Policy and analysis correspondent, Anthony Reuben and Tom Edgington, BBC Verify Published43 minutes ago The government has published the much-delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP) and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the additional spending represents a "huge historic shift for our nation".
BBC Verify has been looking at how much extra the government is committing to spend on defence in the coming years - and whether it puts the UK on track to hit its promised commitments.
The Ministry of Defence's overall budget for 2026-27 is £68.3bn, according to the Defence Investment Plan.
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