UK Sets 2027 Deadline For 2.5% Defense Spending Target

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the spending target on Feb. 25 to the UK parliament.

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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. Speaking in the British parliament on Feb. 25, Starmer said London will spend £13.4 billion ($17.1 billion) more on...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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