A Bangladesh 'shrimp health' study, a Porsche deal for Albanian prisons and 'inclusion' in the DRC: How foreign aid is spent amid Labour row over using cash for defence instead

found 2025 › Feb › 26 (Wed) @ 18:11 UTC

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Sir Keir said defence spending would rise to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2027 in the wake of the Trump administration's decision to leave Europe to fend for itself and move closer to Russia .

Keir Starmer FAILS to rule out Labour's defence spending boost being used to fund £9billion deal to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius

found 2025 › Feb › 26 (Wed) @ 18:11 UTC

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The Prime Minister has announced that Britain's defence spending will rise from its current 2.3 per cent of GDP to 2.5 per cent in 2027.

Starmer and Badenoch clash over defence spending at PMQs

found 2025 › Feb › 26 (Wed) @ 18:11 UTC

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The prime minister announced the UK will reallocate aid funds to boost military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.

Keir Starmer warns Britain is entering an 'era of hard power' over foreign aid - as he boosts defence spending to 2.5% on eve of US trip to see Donald Trump

found 2025 › Feb › 26 (Wed) @ 06:38 UTC

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EXCLUSIVE: The Prime Minister announced the Government will meet its manifesto pledge to raise the military budget to 2.5 per cent of GDP two years early.

Starmer announces big cut to UK aid budget to boost defence spending

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 18:37 UTC

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PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned

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Keir Starmer has announced drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid …

We must stop Putin in Ukraine to protect Europe: Keir Starmer puts UK on a war footing by increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - and wins Trump's backing ahead of US visit

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 18:37 UTC

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The Prime Minister pledged to accelerate an increase in the UK's defence spending in the face of Russia's belligerence and growing US indifference to European security.

UK to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 16:30 UTC

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Starmer’s announcement of ‘biggest sustained rise’ since cold war comes ahead of Trump meeting on Thursday

Keir Starmer pledges to raise UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 16:30 UTC

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The UK prime minister committed to a bump in the country's budget for defence ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.

Kremlin disputes Trump claim Russia would accept Nato peacekeeping troops in Ukraine – live

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 12:56 UTC

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Kremlin says it has nothing to add to the foreign ministry’s position on the unacceptability of Nato peacekeepers in Ukraine

Ukraine’s presidential press service has issued a photograph showing presid…

Starmer planning big cuts to UK aid budget to boost defence spending, say sources

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 12:56 UTC

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Exclusive: PM expected to confirm boost in military spending to at least 2.5% of GDP by 2030

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Keir Starmer is planning drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budge…