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Sir Keir Starmer 'must quickly' raise defence spending or face 'swingeing' military cuts this year

  • Sir Keir Starmer will maintain the UK's defence spending at 2.5% of GDP, resisting demands for increased funding from military leaders amid rising security threats.
  • Military chiefs have requested an increase to 2.65% of GDP, involving an additional cost of around £10 billion.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the establishment of a European army to replace US troops amid concerns over future support.
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Sky News Presenter Makes Painfully Obvious Point As Tories Slam Labour's Defence Budget

Keir Starmer faces renewed pressure to increase defence spending over the Ukraine war.

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UK's Starmer readies order to raise defence spending, Sunday Times reports

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing to overrule his finance minister Rachel Reeves and order more defence spending, after the United States demanded that Europe pays more for its security, the Sunday Times reported.

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Spectator UKSpectator UK

Is Starmer about to finally increase defence spending?

Even if the Treasury gives the Ministry of Defence more money than it had originally planned, this is not a story of happy-ever-after

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Sky News UKSky News UK

Sir Keir Starmer 'must quickly' raise defence spending or face 'swingeing' military cuts this year

This comes as European allies and Ukrainian officials are concerned they are being sidelined as Washington and Moscow plan direct negotiations to try to reach a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.

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Starmer set to reject Trump pressure to increase defence spending above 2.5%

Sir Keir Starmer faces a potential clash with Donald Trump at the White House next week after refusing to commit to spending more than 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence.The Government is yet to say when it will increase defence spending from 2.3 per cent to the target, but Downing Street insisted on Sunday that the commitment remained unchanged.The Prime Minister has faced pressure from military chiefs, and ex-defence ministers to go further and fa…

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Starmer to resist pressure to increase defence spending past 2.5% of GDP despite Trump’s call for double

Sir Keir Starmer will resist mounting pressure to increase defence spending beyond 2.5 per cent of GDP, despite calls from military chiefs for higher investment amid growing security concerns.An ally of the Prime Minister told The Telegraph: "The policy we stood on at the election was 2.5 per cent defence spending. Our policy is still 2.5 per cent. We're not going to shift any further."Senior military figures believe the current spending ambitio…

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Daily Express broke the news in United Kingdom on Sunday, February 16, 2025.
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