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A wartime scenario would put massive demands on government funding for defence.
Defence and Whitehall insiders believe the state pension triple lock would be scrapped if UK goes to war.
KEY POINTS
- UK aims to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2025 and 3.5% by 2035.
- A major war with Russia would force widespread cuts or suspensions in welfare and net-zero policies.
- The triple lock is projected to cost the government an extra £15.5bn annually by 2030.
- No main UK party except the Greens has made scrapping the triple lock official policy.
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