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UK to require economic benefits from award of major foreign defence contracts
Overseas firms winning £50 million-plus contracts must create UK jobs, apprenticeships and factory investment under a new Offset Policy.
- On Friday, the UK Government announced a new Offset Policy requiring overseas firms winning defence contracts worth more than £50 million to invest an equal value back into Britain through jobs, factories, and training.
- Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said the policy aims to create "bang for the British buck" as the government faces pressure to reach its 3% GDP defence spending target by 2030.
- The UK joins allies like Poland, Norway, and the Netherlands adopting similar measures, following over £35.2 billion in overseas defence spending since 2016 representing 11% of total Ministry of Defence expenditure.
- A new central Offset Authority will monitor delivery of these agreements starting in April 2027, ensuring consistency across the lifetime of each arrangement to support domestic industry.
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge dismissed the announcement as a "plan to have a plan," questioning the government's ability to reach the 3% target.
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Foreign arms firms to pay benefits back into Britain
Overseas companies winning British defence contracts worth more than £50 million will be required to put benefits back into the country that could match the full value of the contract. The post Foreign arms firms to pay benefits back into Britain first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
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