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Boxer is a potential procurement option as part of the UK's Mechanised Infantry Vehicle requirement. Courtesy of Rheinmetall Defence/Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 4.0

A New Direction for the Ministry of Defence’s Budget? Implications of the November Spending Review

Policy Briefs, 7 January 2021

Malcolm Chalmers

The government has chosen to devote the additional £24 billion for defence almost entirely to increasing defence investment, while simultaneously reducing real-terms running costs.

Tags: Armed Forces, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, UK Defence

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