Truss' defence budget pledge doesn't add up past 2024, expert warns

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It is predicted that a Liz Truss government would have to grow the UK Armed Forces by more than 40,000 personnel and spend £157bn more to meet its commitment to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030.

The Conservative leadership candidate's pledge to boost defence spending from current levels of around 2% would be the most significant increase since the early 1950s, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) said.

The author of the RUSI report, Professor Malcolm Chalmers, spoke to Forces News.

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