Alex Baker | UK Defence Journal

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Alex Baker has served as Member of Parliament for Aldershot since 2024 and serves on the Defence Select Committee.

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Budgets don’t build defence: Britain must join defence bank

June 15, 2026

Budgets don't build factories, industrial capacity does. As allies sign a new defence bank's Charter next month, Alex Baker MP asks: can Britain afford to stay outside?

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