Stop arms race, campaigners tell politicians
ANTI-WAR campaigners demanded a stop to the new arms race today, after Tories and Labour united in support of boosting military spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product.
The Establishment embraced a new spasm of militarisation as PM Rishi Sunak announced in Warsaw that Britain would crank up its arms bill to the new target by the end of the decade.
This would put an “additional £75 billion into defence spending over that period,” Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs.
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