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Starmer announces increase in UK defense spending and cut to foreign aid budget

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British PM Keir Starmer announced that the UK will raise its defense spending from 2.3 percent to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027.

  1. FR
    Emmanuel Macron
    Renaissance
    1. I'm here as well after discussions with all my colleagues, to say that Europe is willing to step up to be a stronger partner, to do more in defence and security for its continent, and … to be engaged on trade, economy and investments.
  2. GB
    Keir Starmer
    Labour Party
    1. Starting today, I can announce this government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War.
    2. We must reject any false choice between our allies. Between one side of the Atlantic or the other. That is against our history, country and party.
    3. The nature of warfare has changed significantly. That is clear from the battlefield in Ukraine, and so we must modernize and reform our capabilities as we invest.
    4. We must go further still. I have long argued that ... all European allies must step up and do more for our own defence.
    5. This investment means that the UK will strengthen its position as a leader in NATO and in the collective defense of our continent, and we should welcome that role.
    6. Courage is what our own era now demands of us.
  3. GB
    Richard Whitman
    Chatham House
    1. We know that Trump is inconsistent and we know that it's perfectly possible his position on Ukraine might change when he finds it really difficult to get a peace deal out of Putin.
  4. GB
    Evie Aspinall
    Foreign Policy Group
    1. The biggest risk is that Trump continues to berate Ukraine and Europe and maybe even the UK, embarrassing Starmer and damaging the UK's credibility.
    2. Starmer will be very reluctant to publicly critique Trump's stance but he will have to find ways to diplomatically do so, for the sake of Ukraine.

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sources

  1. 1.The New York Times
  2. 2.France 24
  3. 3.Le Monde
  4. 4.South China Morning Post
  5. 5.Al Jazeera
  6. 6.CNN
  7. 7.The Guardian
  8. 8.CNA News
  9. 9.Agence France-Presse
  10. 10.BBC
  11. 11.Guardian

perspectives

  1. 1.Russia-Ukraine War
  2. 2.British Foreign Policy
  3. 3.Election
  4. 4.Inflation
  5. 5.British Politics
  6. 6.European defense
  7. 7.BREXIT
  8. 8.Immigration to the UK
  9. 9.UK under Keir Starmer
  10. 10.British Economy
  11. 11.US-UK Relations

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.EstoniaEE
  3. 3.FranceFR
  4. 4.United KingdomGB
  5. 5.MauritiusMU
  6. 6.PolandPL
  7. 7.Russian FederationRU
  8. 8.SudanSD
  9. 9.UkraineUA
  10. 10.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  2. 2.Labour Party
  3. 3.White HouseUS
  4. 4.10 Downing StreetGB
  5. 5.ActionAid UK
  6. 6.British Foreign OfficeGB
  7. 7.Conservative Party
  8. 8.Foreign Policy Group
  9. 9.House of Commons
  10. 10.Institute for Fiscal Studies
  11. 11.Save the ChildrenGB

persons

  1. 1.Keir StarmerGB
  2. 2.Donald TrumpUS
  3. 3.Emmanuel MacronFR
  4. 4.Vladimir PutinRU
  5. 5.Ben Zaranko
  6. 6.Catherine Nicholls
  7. 7.David LammyGB
  8. 8.Evie AspinallGB
  9. 9.Hannah Bond
  10. 10.Kim Darroch
  11. 11.Moazzam Malik
  12. 12.Richard WhitmanGB

technicals

  1. 1.Chagos Islands
  2. 2.Cold War
Starmer announces increase in UK defense spending and cut to foreign aid budget