John Healey expects to spend 3% of GDP on British defense by 2034

It is undoubtedly that the British defense expenditure will increase to 3% of GDP by 2034, the Minister of Defense John Healey increased in 2034.

In February, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer postponed plans to increase defense expenditure to 2.5% in April 2027, with a “clear ambition” to reach 3% by 2034, economic circumstances that allow it.

A government source told BBC News that the Minister of Defense had “full confidence” that the ambition will be reached in the following parliament.

The government will reveal its most important strategic defense evaluation on Monday, which will outline its priorities for military and security spending in the coming years.

It is, however, understood that the defense evaluation is based on the assumption that the goal of 3% is the route expenditure.

It means that some of the measures in the plan will be priceless if that level of expenditure is not achieved.

The assessment will leave the capacity for projects that must be accelerated and delivered faster if the 3% purpose is brought forward.

It is expected to warn of “A new era of threat” with drones and artificial intelligence The nature of the dangers that are confronted in Great Britain.

It will recommend the use of new “digital” experts alongside troops to protect them against enemy drones and to control their own, future, unmanned weapons of the army.

The document of 130 pages, including around 45,000 words, will warn about the “immediate and urgent” danger of Russia and it will describe China as a “refined and persistent challenge” but not as an enemy. It will also describe Iran and Noord -Korea as “regional disruptors”.

The independent budget watchdog of the government, the OBR, said that meeting the ambition to spend 3% of GDP on the defense “would cost in 2029-30 £ 17.3 billion”.

Speak with the Times -NewspaperHealey said that there was “no doubt” that the UK would reach its target.

“It enables us to plan the long term. It enables us to deal with the pressure,” he said.

The assessment is because other government services are still negotiating how much they will have to spend in the next three years.

The BBC understands that the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, has not yet reached an agreement with the treasury about how much it will have assigned for areas such as building social and affordable houses, and for local councils.

The Home Office, which is responsible for areas such as police and border control, is still in the early stages of negotiations on how much money it will be allocated.

The Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that more than £ 1.5 billion in extra financing will spend on improving military houses as part of the government’s assessment.

The extra financing will be used for urgent repairs, such as repairing defective boilers and tackling fungi, and for the development of new homes.

It follows a report from Commons Defense Committee last year in which two -thirds of the houses needed ‘extensive renovation or rebuilding’ for service families to meet modern standards.

The Liberal Democrats said it was happy that the government “finally came to the senses and listened”, but called on the ministers to continue military accommodation to the decent home stand, which sets minimum standards for social home conditions.