Trump has demanded that Europe’s NATO powers drastically raise military spending to as much as 5 percent of GDP. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announces in Parliament that UK military spending ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday the UK will pump up its military spending to 2.5% of its GDP by 2027, blasting Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “tyrant” as Moscow’s ...

with plans to further increase it to 3% in the next British Parliament. However, to meet this initial military goal, the overseas aid budget will be reduced from 0.5% to 0.3% of GDP. Starmer ...

as Trump threatens to withdraw US military support for the continent, and has urged the UK’s neighbours to “step up” and start spending more on defence. Delaying reaching the target for UK ...

Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East and growing tensions between China and the West, global military spending has hit unprecedented levels. NATO members are at the ...

Britain’s Labour government is finalising massive public spending cuts to pay for an increase in military spending. On Monday Bloomberg reported, “Some UK government departments are bracing ...

All the while, the squeeze on domestic spending and public scepticism loom large. The UK’s total military spending for 2024-2025 is expected to be £64.4 billion, with a rise to £67.7 billion in ...

Mr Trump has long urged European nations, including the UK, to increase their defence spending, accusing the US' NATO allies of being too reliant on America's military. "So this week, when I meet ...