UK to boost defense spending, cut foreign aid ahead of Starmer-Trump meeting
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday the UK will pump up its military spending to 2.5% of its GDP by 2027, blasting Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “tyrant” as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine entered its fourth year.
Starmer to boost UK defense spending against Russian threat
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that the U.K. would increase its defense spending by 2027 to bolster its security against the threat of Russian aggression exhibited by Moscow’s three-year war against Ukraine.
UK to hike defence spending and cut aid budget, Starmer says
British prime minister Keir Starmer’s announcement comes prior to his trip to the United States later this week.
Starmer hikes defence spending to 2.5% ahead of crunch meeting with Trump
Labour PM cuts foreign aid funding as he prepares to fly to Washington to meet the US President who has piled pressure on Britain to bolster its armed forces
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 crucial visit to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington.
UK to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer says 2 days before Trump meeting
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged Tuesday to raise U.K. defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027, saying Europe is in a new era of insecurity that requires a “generational response.
Starmer Commits to Raise UK Defense Spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027
British PM Starmer set to raise defence spending - The Sun
Britain's Keir Starmer will set out a timeline to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, The Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday, a day before the prime minister travels to meet U.S. President Donald Trump.
Starmer: UK Defense Spending to Hit 2.5% of GDP by 2027
I can announce this government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War. And we will deliver our commitment to spend 2.5% of GDP on defense. But we will bring it forward so that we reach that level in 2027.
UK to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer says
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday pledged to boost defence spending to 2.5 per cent of the economy by 2027 with the aim of hiking it to 3 per cent in the next parliament. Ahead of key talks on Ukraine with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday,
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Starmer has put Britain on a war footing ahead of key Trump meeting
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