Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.
Don't increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP & change approach
Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
1,023 signatures
Increase defence spending by 0.15% of GDP per year, until it reaches 3.5% of GDP
Open from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Tuesday 24th June 2025
767 signatures
Increase defence spending to a minimum of 3% of GDP with immediate effect.
Open from Friday 17th January 2025 to Thursday 17th July 2025
316 signatures
Increase defence spending to 5.5% GDP by 2029
Open from Tuesday 2nd September 2025 to Monday 2nd March 2026
93 signatures
Substantially increase defence spending and the size of the Armed Forces.
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
74 signatures
Increase defence spending in the UK to at least 4% of GDP, immediately
Open from Thursday 24th April 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
56 signatures
Immediately increase defence spending to 4% GDP for 2yrs, then 3.5% GDP onwards
Open from Wednesday 7th May 2025 to Friday 7th November 2025
38 signatures
Increase Defence Spending to at least 3% of the United Kingdom’s GDP
Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
33 signatures
Do not increase defence spending due to situation in Iran
Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
24 signatures so far
Issue defence bonds
Opened on Tuesday 14th April 2026
22 signatures so far
Government must immediately move to increase defence spending as promised
Opened on
9 signatures so far
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