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How much of my tax pays for defence?
The UK spends around 2.3% of its GDP on defence, which is about £55 billion a year since 2023. This comes from general taxation. The government wants to increase this to 3% of GDP, meaning even more of your taxes will go towards defence spending in the future.
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