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

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said the move would amount to an increase in expenditure of 13.4 billion pounds, or ...

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an investment that he hopes will help persuade U.S. President Donald ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a 2.5% increase in UK defense spending.

Starmer’s hastily assembled proposal paid for with the low-hanging fruit of overseas aid does not allay the demands of the ...

LONDON (AP) — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer commits to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.

Britain's Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch and Prime Minister Keir Starmer debated defense spending and Ukraine policy during Prime Minister’s Questions. Badenoch pressed Starmer on military ...

This comes as Starmer is weighing up plans to increase military spending from 2.3 to 2.5 per cent of GDP earlier than the previous 2030 target. One option under consideration would bring forward the ...

open image in gallery Keir Starmer is expected to outline ... And Sir Keir hopes that the spending boost will help to rebuild the country’s military and curry favour with Mr Trump, who wants ...

Prior to stepping into the White House on Thursday, Starmer must have something concrete to offer and set a firm timeline for when he will increase defence spending. Anything less would be a ...

Sir Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure to ... In its election manifesto, Labour promised to increase the military’s budget to at least 2.5 per cent, which would cost around £5bn extra ...