British plans to raise defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2030

The newspaper pointed out that the plan aims to save 10 billion pounds annually, allowing Britain to raise defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2030.

According to the newspaper, the proposals include reforming housing subsidies and canceling the value-added tax exemption on cars provided under the “Motability” program designated for persons with disabilities.

Badenoch said that the United Kingdom "may be at war with the largest nuclear-armed country in the world" during the next four years, in reference to Russia, considering that politicians should be concerned in order to protect the country.

She added that Russia "will attack a country that it believes is weak, and will not attack a country that it knows is strong," stressing that Britain "needs to be strong." She also considered that reducing bus ticket prices and increasing the number of mayors would not defend the country.

Former British Defense Minister John Healey resigned from his position less than three months ago in protest against the government's refusal to commit to spending 3% of GDP on defense by 2030.

At the end of June, the British Ministry of Defense published a long-term defense budget for the next four years, allocating about 300 billion pounds to develop various sectors of the military industrial complex.

According to former British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves, funding worth 4.7 billion pounds (about 6.36 billion dollars) is still not secured, with the source of this money to be determined within the fall budget.

At the Prime Minister's parliamentary accountability hearing on Wednesday, Andy Burnham appeared to indicate his commitment to spending 3% of GDP on defense by 2030, but a spokesman later clarified that he had made no such commitment.

In recent years, Moscow has pointed to an increase in NATO activity near its western borders, while the alliance says that its movements aim to deter what it describes as aggression.

Russia has repeatedly expressed its concern about the strengthening of NATO forces in Europe, while the Russian Foreign Ministry affirmed Moscow's readiness for equal dialogue with the alliance, and called on the West to abandon the policy of militarizing the continent.