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<p>Defence’s budget is growing year on year over the spending review period. We received
a record settlement for Defence in 2020 of £16.5 billion. From 2019-20, the total
Defence budget’s annual growth is 1.5% in real terms, with CDEL increasing from £10.3
billion in 2019-20 to £16.2 billion in 2024-25, and RDEL increasing from £30.6 billion
to £32.4 billion.</p><p>This year Defence also received over £2 billion additional
funding for running costs to counteract costs arising from the Health and Social Care
Levy and expected increases in inflation in the wider economy.</p><p> </p>
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