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# UK Spring Statement gives Ministry of Defence GBP 2.2 billion uplift
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-26-uk-spring-statement-defence-spending/
- Published: 2025-03-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:02:08.000Z
- Description: Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Spring Statement gave the Ministry of Defence a GBP 2.2 billion uplift for 2025-26 and ring-fenced GBP 400 million from April for a new UK Defence Innovation unit, on the path to 2.5 percent of GDP on defence by 2027-28.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [HM Treasury, Spring Statement 2025, 26 March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-statement-2025-document/spring-statement-2025-html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish how the extra money will be allocated to individual programmes or contractors.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

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