Claim: The Conservative government raised the armed services budget to 2% of GDP.
Fact-check: Government defence spending is 2% of GDP - Full Fact
Verdict: defence spending has never been below 2% of gdp in the years we have data for. in july 2015, the conservative government pledged to spend 2% of gdp on defence in every year to the end of the decade.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-02-16T00:00:00