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DEFENCE Starmer delays defence spending announcement Keir Starmer was unlikely to set out a plan this week for when the UK would increase its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, a cabinet minister indicated. The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said the target was ambitious, despite Labour previously claiming it would set out a path to meeting the spending goal after the strategic defence review due in the spring. The prime minister was due to meet Donald Trump at the White House this week amid strained relations between Washington and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Peter Mandelson, the UK’s ambassador to Washington, has reportedly been urging Starmer to set a firm timeline for when the UK will increase its defence spending from 2.3% of GDP. Phillipson blamed the last Conservative administration…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 28 February 2025

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