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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2022 to Year ending March 2026 · £ billion

Spending on defence

Spending on defence: Year ending March 2022 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020406020222023202420252026Year ending March 2022: £48.7bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2023: £55.5bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2024: £56.8bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2025: £63.7bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2026: £65.4bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, chapter 4: expenditure by function, 2026-09-02 (published 2 September 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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