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 ...

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’s decision to ramp up defense spending—just days before his meeting with US President Donald ...

The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, must navigate commitments to Nato, expectations from allies and the influence of the defence industry. All the while, the squeeze on domestic spending and public ...

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 ...

The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, must navigate commitments to Nato, expectations from allies and the influence of the defence industry. All the while, the squeeze on domestic spending and public ...

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 ...

Ahead of a meeting with the US president, the prime minister said the UK and Europe “have to do more for our defence and security” as he prepares to outline a pathway to spending 2.5 per cent ...

Sir Keir Starmer will only hike defence spending ... our continent’ and ‘do more’ by hiking defence spending. But current and ex-military chiefs have warned that any hike needs to raise ...

Starmer told that £200 million for Grangemouth must be ‘used correctly’ Sir Keir Starmer is expected to confirm a timeline to raise defence spending ... all of its military forces” from ...

He also called for recruitment of new soldiers to be returned to the military after Government contractor Serco won a £1.5bn deal for Armed Forces hiring. He added: “If he [Starmer] wants to ...