Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to Washington on a trip aimed at persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain ...
Britain ramps up defense spending and cuts foreign aid, ahead of PM Starmer’s crucial meeting with Trump
Britain will accelerate an increase to its defense spending, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, on the eve of a ...
Starmer commits to raise UK defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027 ...
Keir Starmer Announces Defense Spending Increase
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said the move would amount to an increase in expenditure of 13.4 billion pounds, or ...
Allegra Stratton: Keir Starmer Trumpifies the Defense Budget
Keir Starmer is clearing the decks ahead of his trip to see Donald Trump. Contrary to expectations, the government ...
Starmer brings UK defense spending pledge to Washington to help sway Trump on Ukraine
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’s Starmer will meet with Trump as Europe’s leaders worry about drifting US support for Ukraine
The Trump administration held talks last week with Russia without Ukrainian or other European allies represented.
UK to boost defense spending, cut foreign aid ahead of Starmer-Trump meeting
The announced increase — valued at just shy of $17 billion per year — is above NATO’s recommendation that its members spend 2% of GDP on defense.