Budget 2023: Chancellor announces £11bn more for UK defence
Britain will spend more on defence and it will rise to 2.5% of the UK's GDP "as soon as fiscal and economic circumstances allow" the chancellor has said.
Jeremy Hunt told MPs there would £30m extra support for ex-servicemen and women.
UK will avoid recession and inflation to fall to 2.9%, says Hunt
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