Labour aims to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
Starmer’s comments come before visit to Barrow, where he is to promise nuclear deterrent is ‘bedrock’ of security planLabour will aim to raise the UK’s defence spending to 2.5% of GDP “as soon as resources allow”, Keir Starmer has said.The party leader told the i newspaper that defence was “the number one issue for any government” in a world where international threats had risen and the situation was “more volatile” than it had been for many years. Continue reading...
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Starmer’s comments come before visit to Barrow, where he is to promise nuclear deterrent is ‘bedrock’ of security plan
Labour will aim to raise the UK’s defence spending to 2.5% of GDP “as soon as resources allow”, Keir Starmer has said.
The party leader told the i newspaper that defence was “the number one issue for any government” in a world where international threats had risen and the situation was “more volatile” than it had been for many years. Continue reading...