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Keir Starmer vows to slash aid spending to pump 2.5% of GDP into defence by 2027 in dramatic statement to MPs ahead of 'mission impossible' trip to meet Trump in White House

In a Commons statement, the PM warned of rising 'instability' in Europe and leaders 'must stand by Ukraine'.

70 days ago

Bridget Phillipson blows hole in Sir Keir Starmer's tough talk on defence - as Education Secretary insists PM will only hike spending by 0.2 per cent of GDP

The Education Secretary said Labour 's manifesto pledge of hiking it to 2.5 per cent was an 'ambitious' target and suggested it would not be further increased despite calls to do so.

71 days ago

If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt

Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development

If you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people arou…

Schedule for Week of February 23, 2025

The key reports this week are January New Home sales, the second estimate of Q4 GDP, Personal Income and Outlays for January, and Case-Shiller house prices.

For manufacturing, the February Dallas, K…

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74 days ago

Denmark to spend billions on defence, citing fears over Russian rearmament

Mette Frederiksen says situation is ‘most dangerous’ in many years as she increases defence budget to 3% of GDP

Mette Frederiksen admitted that Denmark and other countries made a mistake by cutting th…

Why is Spain’s economy booming? Thanks to migration – which proves xenophobia doesn’t pay | María Ramírez

With Spanish GDP growth leading Europe last year, diversity is making us richer – not only financially but culturally, too

The world’s fastest growing major advanced economy last year was most likely …

75 days ago

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