Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and defense spending

Reeves urges Europe to ‘step up’ defence spending

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 ...
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 ...
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House narrowly passes budget resolution containing $100B for defense
The House on Tuesday narrowly adopted a budget blueprint that would invest an additional $100 billion in defense in the next ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...