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UK Starmer defence package earmarks >£5 bn for drones

Published 3 July 2026

Prime Minister Starmer secured a £15 bn defence investment package funded by redirecting infrastructure and transport budgets. More than £5 bn is explicitly allocated to drones across the services, alongside over £8 bn for the GCAP sixth-generation fighter programme, Dreadnought and AUKUS nuclear submarines, and 12 nuclear-capable F-35A aircraft. Rybar’s analysis notes the package was assembled without new borrowing by cutting other Ministry of Defence priorities including military housing.

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