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Britain was one of the biggest recipients of Marshall Plan Aid. However, the consensus is that unlike Germany and France, Britain did not really spend the aid received to fund industrial modernization, but to maintain its imperial postion, prop up defense spending (over 10% of GDP by late 1940s), as well as Labour's welfare state project. And this was attributed as one of the main reason for British economic decline post-war (together with other factors like poor management, anti-competitive policies, inefficient subsidies, lack of vocational education, ridiculous union power...).

But, let's just concentrate on Marshall Plan aspect. So, among those expeditures, which one of them stood out as the most expensive for the Brits during the early postwar period?
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