Ahead Of US Tour Starmer Announces Rise In Defense Spending

A day before flying to the US, UK prime minister Keir Starmer announced plans to increase defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027. That is an increase of £13.4 billion, or $16.95 billion, year on year. Starmer said he announced the biggest sustained increase in the nation's defense spending since the end of the Cold War because "tyrants like Putin only respond to strength". "Unless Ukr

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