As well as a rise in pure defence spending to 3.5% by 2035, Sir Keir Starmer will also likely be forced to commit a further 1 ...

Defence Secretary John Healey tells MPs the UK needs "stronger deterrents" to avoid the huge costs that wars create.

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Nato leaders later this month with the alliance under pressure to increase spending.

Keir Starmer yesterday reiterated his commitment to get defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 - and he said his 'ambition' ...

Australia’s current defence spending: $51.5 billion ( 2025-26) Average annual growth forecast over the forward estimates: 4.9% The Albanese government’s goal for defence spending: 2.33% of GDP by 2034 ...

The Defence Secretary has refused to rule out tax rises to pay for the Government’s increase in defence spending. John Healey ...

BRITAIN will be steamrollered into ramping up defence spending when Nato allies agree to a target of 3.5 per cent of GDP at a ...

Today in Slovakia – your Tuesday briefing with the top news in one place.Pellegrini’s defence spending gambit lands with a thud in Bratislava President Peter Pellegrini made waves in Vilnius on Monday ...

While John Healey said he is ‘100 per cent confident’ the defence spending uplift would be achieved, he struggled to say how ...

Borrowing to fund defence investment – rather than relying solely on immediate tax increases – could be a more effective and ...

As the government says it will invest billions of pounds to move the UK to war-fighting readiness, we hear about the contents of the Strategic Defence Review - and ask whether there is a broader ...

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Australia needs to wake up amid Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's opposition to a US ...