UK Ministers Encourage Government To Hike Defense Spending To 2.5% Of GDP

 Trevelyan and Tugendhat

Minister for Security Tom Tugendhat (left) with Minister for the Indo-Pacific Region Anne-Marie Trevelyan.

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LONDON—Two UK government ministers have applied additional pressure on leaders to accelerate UK defense spending to 2.5% of GDP. Minister for the Indo-Pacific Region Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Tom Tugendhat, the current minister for security, say that while defense spending of rivals and allies is...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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