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Huge boost to UK defence spending - as Starmer hits out at 'tyrant' Putin

Sky News Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Sir Keir Starmer has said he wants to increase UK defence spending to 3% in the next parliament - ahead of his White House meeting with Donald Trump.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announces that defence spending will increase to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027. To accomodate for this, Starmer says the foreign aid budget will be cut from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3% by 2027; a change he says he is "not happy to make". Report by...

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