MoD graph showing spending between 2003 and 2023. “Real-terms defence spending fell by 22% between 2009/10 and 2016/17 (from £59.2 billion to £46.2 billion in 2024/25 prices). It then started to rise again, recently returning to its 2010 levels. Real-terms spending has increased steadily since 2016/17, and is expected to continue to do so.”
After a drop in the initial Austerity drive in 2010-2012, this graph is basically flatlining across much of the Conservative administration, as Russia built up its military, invaded Uk airspace and waged cyber attacks on the country culminating in the Skripal poisoning. #r4today #JeremyHunt