FTI Consulting Public Affairs Snapshot: The 3% Club: How Much Is Enough to Spend on Defence? - FTI Strategic Communications

FTI Consulting Public Affairs Snapshot: The 3% Club: How much is enough to spend on defence? - FTI Strategic Communications

Every defence review is trailed as being singular and generational, more vital than the last. But this time around circumstances really do play into that narrative. The Strategic Defence Review, “Making Britain Safer“, published on 2 June has been pitched as the UK’s necessary response to an increasingly dangerous world.War has returned to mainland Europe in the shape of Russian aggression in Ukraine, while the United States once again contempla…

The Strategic Defence Review: 10 Key Takeaways - British Foreign Policy Group

On the 2nd June 2025, after almost a year of waiting, the UK Government released its much anticipated Strategic Defence Review. At 144 pages long, the Review explores, in depth, the challenges facing UK defence and national security and provides 62 recommendations (all of which the Government has accepted) on how to respond to these challenges. Here are ten of the key takeaways: 1. The UK is moving to a position of ‘war-fighting’ readiness.  If …