Claim: The Defence Secretary has already secured £24 billion of additional defence funding.
Fact-check: £24bn in extra defence spending will be spread over four years - Full Fact
Verdict: this is the cumulative cash-terms increase in the defence budget over four years. the amount the annual budget is expected to rise by over this period is actually £6.2 billion in cash terms—and less when you take into account inflation.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2022-03-08T00:00:00