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Starmer to ask allies to commit to extra defence funding – but won’t say when UK will hit target

Starmer to ask allies to commit to extra defence funding - but won't say when UK will hit target




Sir Keir Starmer will tell NATO allies that the UK has a “cast iron commitment” to lifting the UK’s defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, but is refusing to honour this pledge in his first term in government.



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Publish date : 2024-07-09 23:29:00

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