Starmer cuts aid to fund increase in defence spending
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has set out plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2027, as peace talks to end the war in Ukraine gather pace. The PM said he would cut the UK's international aid budget to fund the rise in defence spending, which is currently 2.3% of GDP.
Sterling edged lower against a strengthening dollar and held steady versus the euro a day after the British government's ...
The Defence Secretary has suggested the real-terms increase in defence spending year on year will be only around half the £13 ...
European Union member states need to increase defense outlays on a national level first, according to Irish Finance Minister ...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is set to meet with President Trump on Thursday, said he would increase British spending on ...
The announcement comes ahead of a high-stakes meeting between Keir Starmer and Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
Good morning. An awful lot happened yesterday — Keir Starmer announced plans for the most sustained increase in UK defence spending since the cold war, Kemi Badenoch gave a speech about foreign policy ...
British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said on Tuesday that other European nations must follow in her country's footsteps and ...
The government's increase in defence spending and developments between Ukraine and the US dominate Wednesday's papers.
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