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Britain\u2019s most senior military officer told lawmakers that critical operations and exercises may need to be scaled back if Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s government doesn\u2019t provide the armed forces with additional funding.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton, chief of the Defense Staff, said that greater defense spending is needed to \u201creverse the hollowness\u201d of the British armed forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe quicker we can improve readiness, the faster we can accelerate the modernization of the armed forces,\u201d he told members of the House of Lords\u2019 International Relations and Defense Committee.<\/p>\n

Mr. Knighton\u2019s testimony came a week after the abrupt resignation of former Defense Secretary John Healey, who criticized the government\u2019s plan to increase defense spending to 2.68% of GDP rather than 3% by 2030.<\/p>\n

Mr. Knighton said he was most concerned about the shrinking pool of cash needed to cover the British military\u2019s day-to-day operational priorities, like military exercises and training.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the things that make sure the men and women of our armed forces are as ready as they can be with the equipment that they have got today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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He said Britain is still reeling from the high inflation rates that emerged during the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cFuel costs are 88% higher than they were at this time last year for aviation fuel, for example,\u201d Mr. Knighton told the House of Lords. \u201cAll that puts pressure on us. The levers that we have to pull to reduce that expenditure are principally around our activities, which means exercises, training and operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

He called for a clear track to determine how the U.K. will achieve a defense spending level of 3.5% of GDP by 2035.<\/p>\n

\u201cNATO expects us to spend 3.5% of GDP on hard defense, and that\u2019s the commitment that the prime minister has made,\u201d Mr. Knighton said.<\/p>\n

Last week, Mr. Starmer selected former British army officer Dan Jarvis to replace Mr. Healey as defense secretary. Following his resignation, Mr. Healey returned to Parliament as a member of the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

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