The plan promises £3 billion a year in military support for Ukraine. That sum is compared with British defence spending of about £74 billion and an argued requirement of £100 billion. On those figures, the domestic funding gap is much larger than the aid allocation. Removing Ukraine support would therefore leave most of the shortfall unresolved.
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Ukraine aid is small beside the argued British defence shortfall
A comparison of £3 billion in annual Ukraine aid with a roughly £26 billion domestic spending gap challenges the claim that aid explains Britain's defence shortages.