Submitted on Wednesday 12th April 2017
Rejected on Thursday 20th April 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Increase defence spending in the UK to meet the needs of our future armed forces
Increase defence spending to at least 3% GDP to safeguard our future as a country and meet the demands of our future services. This comes after the recent manpower shortage regarding the new aircraft carriers, in which 200 Royal Marines were cut, marking a low point in the strength of our nation.
The following are links regarding the crisis in the Naval Service:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/11/royal-marines-to-lose-200-posts
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11929148/Royal-Navy-needs-4000-more-sailors-or-cannot-man-the-fleet.html
http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/tag/manpower/
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