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today, for the very first time, the government is spending more than £50 billion a year on defence. in cash terms, more than ever before. and we have made the critical decision to set out our aspiration to reach 2.5% of gdp on defence and, as we stabilise and grow this economy, will continue to strive to reach that as soon as possible. but now is the time for all allied and democratic nations across the world to do the same thing and ensure their defence spending is growing, to. because, as discussed, the era of the peace dividend is over. in five years time, we could be looking at multiple theatres, including russia, china, iran and north korea. ask yourself, looking at today s conflicts across the world, is it more likely that that
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