Healey asked seven times if UK would spend more than 2.5% on defence - each time he stuck to script
The UK defence secretary repeatedly swerved questions on whether Britain should heed calls from the United States to ...
Starmer told his defence budget ‘won’t touch the sides’
Military chiefs have warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Government’s defence spending plans “won’t touch the sides”, Whitehall ...
Labour’s defence budget ‘won’t touch the sides’, Starmer is warned
Labour’s defence budget ‘won’t touch the sides’, Starmer is warned - Senior Whitehall source warns armed forces capabilities ...
UK Military Chiefs Warn Treasury 2.5% Spending Goal Falls Short
UK defense chiefs have privately warned the government that plans to raise military funding to 2.5% of economic output won’t ...
MoD: Sir Keir Starmer summons defence chiefs amid squabble over Royal Navy, Army and RAF spending, report says
Bickering over how much the country should be spending on defence has lead to the prime minister summoning his defence chiefs ...
Europe's New Defense Champion Emerges
Europe is broadly trying to push up its defense spending with questions over how the U.S. will continue to prop up the ...
Europe and Canada boosted defence spending 20% in 2024, NATO says
Defence spending by NATO's European members and Canada was 20% higher in 2024 than the previous year, NATO Secretary General ...
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UK and allies must increase defence spending to keep US in Nato, says Healey
Mr Healey acknowledged the need for more to be done by Nato members as he faced a series of questions from the Tory benches on when the UK Government would increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.
Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe combined, study finds
The IISS forecast that this year total Russian defence spending — including so-called voluntary payments by regional ...