Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to Washington on a trip aimed at persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain ...
UK announces increase in defense spending and cut in foreign aid ahead of PM Starmer’s meeting with Trump
Britain will accelerate an increase to its defense spending, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, on the eve of a ...
Keir Starmer Announces Defense Spending Increase
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said the move would amount to an increase in expenditure of 13.4 billion pounds, or ...
Allegra Stratton: Keir Starmer Trumpifies the Defense Budget
Keir Starmer is clearing the decks ahead of his trip to see Donald Trump. Contrary to expectations, the government ...
UK to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer says 2 days before Trump meeting
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027. Starmer made ...
Starmer accused of defence spend ‘cover up’ in row over how £9bn Chagos deal is funded
The PM said the uplift would boost ‘our capability on defence and security in Europe’, but stopped short of ruling out using ...
PMQs LIVE: Kemi Badenoch set to challenge Keir Starmer over defence spending row
Kemi Badenoch will once again face off against Keir Starmer at PMQs today, after a fortnight break during Parliament's ...
Keir Starmer sets out biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK must 'now change our approach to national security' to meet 'the challenges of ...
BAE Systems is having another great day. Starmer pledges more defense spending.
Shares of U.K. defense contractor BAE Systems rose 4% as U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to increase the country's defense spending, to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, from 2.3% currently, and to 3% of ...
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What is Keir Starmer’s plan to boost UK defence spending and is it affordable?
open image in gallery Keir Starmer is expected to outline plans to hike Britain’s defence budget (PA) But the rush to hike Britain’s defence budget to 2.5 per cent of its GDP comes amid talks ...
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Starmer backs Trump’s calls for Nato allies to boost defence spending in stirring speech ahead of US visit
Sir Keir will meet Mr Trump face to face in Washington this week and is expected to present plans to hike Britain’s defence budget to the 2.5 per cent target, up from 2.3 per cent currently.