UK to hike defence spending to 2.5% of GDP

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. Starmer made the committment on Tuesday.
UK defence spending to reach 2.5% of GDP by 2027, PM Starmer says
British defence spending will reach 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday, setting out the country's biggest sustained increase in its defence budget since the end of the Cold War.
UK to hike defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027
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 aid budget to fund the rise in defence spending,
Starmer cuts international aid to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027
Ahead of his visit to meet President Trump this week, the PM announced 'the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War' | ITV National News
UK to target 3% of GDP for defence spending, to cut aid budget
Britain will aim to spend 3% of its GDP on defence in the next parliament, due to begin in 2029, and will help to fund that increased spending by cutting its aid budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.
Keir Starmer to hike defence spending by £13,400,000,000 from 2027
Sir Keir Starmer has announced the UK will aim to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence every year from 2027 and 3 per cent in the next parliament. In a House of Commons statement this afternoon, the Prime Minister said the figure would mean a £13.
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