# UK military should focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions, report says

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- The Guardian, 2026-10-08 06:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/08/uk-military-domestic-defence-overseas-missions-thinktank-report

> A Transition Security Project report says Britain’s military is overly focused on global commitments, spending about 23% of its 2024/25 budget on overseas deployments. It urges the government to shift more resources to domestic defence as spending rises, and questions whether overseas missions have made the UK safer.