Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and defense spending

Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to Washington on a trip aimed at persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain military support for Ukraine.
UK announces increase in defense spending and cut in foreign aid ahead of PM Starmer’s meeting with Trump
Britain will accelerate an increase to its defense spending, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, on the eve of a crucial visit to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington. Starmer said he will raise military spending from 2.
U.K. Announces Increase in Military Spending Ahead of Trump Meeting
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is set to meet with President Trump on Thursday, said he would increase British spending on defense to 2.5 percent of G.D.P. by 2027.
UK to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer says 2 days before Trump meeting
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027. Starmer made the committment on Tuesday.
UK Prime Minister Announces Increase in Defense Spending Ahead of Trump Meeting
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Starmer announces UK government bringing forward target to hit 2.5% defense spending
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Reeves urges Europe to ‘step up’ defence spending

UK's Reeves: 'All of us must step up' defence spending
British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said on Tuesday that other European nations must follow in her country's footsteps and ...
EU Countries Need to Boost Defense Spending, Irish Minister Says
European Union member states need to increase defense outlays on a national level first, according to Irish Finance Minister ...
Europe Weighs Options to Boost Defense Spending
Europe will likely have to spend hundreds of billions to prepare to defend itself without U.S. help, and will have to find ...
Putin Says Russia Open to Cutting Military Spending Alongside US, China
The Russian president says he agrees with Donald Trump's aim to slash arms expenditure by 50 percent, after peace is achieved ...
Where NATO members rank on defense spending
President Trump has called on NATO allies to increase their defense spending to 5 percent, with only three countries ...
Defence industry warns Starmer spending boost is not enough for ‘wartime’
Defence industry bosses have warned the Prime Minister that his spending boost is not enough for “wartime ...
Starmer accused of defence spend ‘cover up’ in row over how £9bn Chagos deal is funded
The PM said the uplift would boost ‘our capability on defence and security in Europe’, but stopped short of ruling out using ...
Increasing defence budget will require tough trade-offs
Good morning. An awful lot happened yesterday — Keir Starmer announced plans for the most sustained increase in UK defence spending since the cold war, Kemi Badenoch gave a speech about foreign policy ...