UK to up army spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, cut aid

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*** to up army spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, cut aid

The United Kingdom will raise defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2027 and target 3.0 per cent in the longer term by cutting its overseas development budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says.

“This government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War,” Starmer told parliament.

The shift in the ***’s defence strategy comes before Starmer flies to the United States to meet President Donald Trump on Thursday, who has repeatedly called for NATO members like the *** to spend more on defence.

European leaders were stunned earlier this month when Trump’s administration made clear that Europe would need to step up to provide its own security, sparking a bout of diplomatic activity.

Starmer said that difficult choices needed to be made in the interest of the country’s security and he would fund the increased spending on the military by cutting the aid budget from 0.5 per cent of GDP to 0.3 per cent in 2027.

“We will also set a clear ambition for defence spending to rise to three per cent of GDP in the next parliament,” he added.

Successive *** governments have reduced spending on defence since World War II and the Cold War, as they stepped up investment in health, ******** and education instead.

The *** last spent 3.0 per cent of GDP on defence in 1993/94.

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