https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cgqeg09p3p1t
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom: The Future Is Less Government Spending, More Enterprise
The answer to every problem cannot be:
Spend more. Borrow more. Tax more.
For decades, government spending has climbed higher and higher.
Yet many citizens feel:
The next chapter for the United Kingdom should not be endless spending increases.
It should be smarter government and stronger enterprise.
That includes defence.
Instead of pushing defence spending towards £80bn, £90bn or £100bn per year, the long-term direction should be towards a leaner, more efficient model, with government focused on core national defence and security.
A target closer to £50bn per year would force prioritisation, efficiency and accountability.
The opportunity does not disappear.
It moves.
The opportunity moves into the private sector.
Thousands of businesses, startups, engineers, software developers, cyber-security specialists, drone companies, infrastructure specialists and resilience firms can build the next generation of solutions.
Innovation should not belong only to government departments and large contractors.
Innovation should belong to the people.
The wealth of a nation is not measured by how much government spends.
It is measured by how many people are creating, building, employing, inventing and contributing.
The future of Britain is not bigger government.
The future of Britain is a stronger society, stronger enterprise, stronger communities and more opportunity for ordinary people to build something of their own.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom: The Future Is Less Government Spending, More Enterprise
The answer to every problem cannot be:
Spend more. Borrow more. Tax more.
For decades, government spending has climbed higher and higher.
Yet many citizens feel:
•More financially squeezed
•Further from home ownership
•Less optimistic about the future
•Surrounded by systems that cost more but do not always perform better
The next chapter for the United Kingdom should not be endless spending increases.
It should be smarter government and stronger enterprise.
That includes defence.
Instead of pushing defence spending towards £80bn, £90bn or £100bn per year, the long-term direction should be towards a leaner, more efficient model, with government focused on core national defence and security.
A target closer to £50bn per year would force prioritisation, efficiency and accountability.
The opportunity does not disappear.
It moves.
The opportunity moves into the private sector.
Thousands of businesses, startups, engineers, software developers, cyber-security specialists, drone companies, infrastructure specialists and resilience firms can build the next generation of solutions.
Innovation should not belong only to government departments and large contractors.
Innovation should belong to the people.
The wealth of a nation is not measured by how much government spends.
It is measured by how many people are creating, building, employing, inventing and contributing.
The future of Britain is not bigger government.
The future of Britain is a stronger society, stronger enterprise, stronger communities and more opportunity for ordinary people to build something of their own.
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