Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase Britain’s defence budget to £75 billion a year by the end of the decade, taking it to 2.5 per cent of national wealth.

The Prime Minister unveiled the biggest uplift to military spending in a generation, which will add £23 billion to the military budget over the next six years.

Speaking during a trip to Poland, he challenged European countries to follow suit as he warned that the continent’s future security was at risk from Russia.

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