U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to Washington on a trip aimed at persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain ...

Britain will accelerate an increase to its defense spending, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, on the eve of a ...

Humanitarian charities said they were "stunned" and "appalled" by Britain's decision to cut its international aid budget to ...

British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said on Tuesday that other European nations must follow in her country's footsteps and ...

General Sir David Richards said the decision "almost certainly would not" be happening if not for Trump.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027. Starmer made ...

The government's increase in defence spending and developments between Ukraine and the US dominate Wednesday's papers.

LONDON—British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has firmed up UK government plans to increase military spending, putting a 2027 deadline on the goal of putting 2.5% of GDP into defense.

Without a stronger UK defence posture, there will be no more grand dinners ... And back home, the struggle over defence spending is coming to a head. Even ahead of the Treasury’s all-important ...

Germany $97.69bn and the UK $82.11bn President Trump has called for NATO members to spend 5% of GDP on defence spending - and for Europe to take over responsibility for its own defence.

European defence budgets by comparison, including the UK and EU member states, rose almost 12 per cent last year to $457bn — slightly less than Moscow’s spending, the International Institute ...

UK defense chiefs have privately warned the government that plans to raise military funding to 2.5% of economic output won’t be enough, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares to make a budget ...