The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is on record as saying that Defence will get what it needs. The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has, in the past, been reported as claiming that Defence spending should be increased to 4% of the country’s GDP. The Integrated Review (IR) was published on 16th March 2021 but as a result of the Ukraine War it is already being reviewed and its Refresh (the IRR) should be published very soon. Lessons from that war have led the army to signal what their most immediate needs are, which they have termed 4+1. Those needs are:
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