Bridget Phillipson calls 2.5% target ‘ambitious’ days before PM meets with Donald Trump in WashingtonKeir Starmer is unlikely to set out a plan for when the UK will increase its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP this...
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Read MoreParis meeting aims to retake initiative on talks about Ukraine’s future as US and Russian delegates prepare to meetEurope live – latest updatesEmmanuel Macron will press ahead with a Paris summit of European defence...
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Read MoreGen Lord Richard Dannatt warns strategic review risks being ‘hollow’ and a ‘failure’ if spending is not increasedKeir Starmer will be consigned to the “bin of history” if he fails to raise...
Read MoreForeign secretary says ‘we will discuss issues where the UK and China do not always see eye to eye’ as he meets Wang Yi, Beijing’s foreign affairs ministerKeir Starmer has been forced to cut short a visit to a...
Read MoreWith member states keen to link quotas to any deal, António Costa says defence and fisheries ‘are different things’The EU will not let the question of fishing rights derail a pact with the UK on security and...
Read MoreExclusive: Armour was supposed to be replaced in 2023 but that was delayed by four years under previous governmentMinisters have issued an emergency recall of 120,000 body armour plates used by the British military, amid...
Read MorePM wants to ‘see all allies stepping up’, saying Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions has rattled Vladimir PutinKeir Starmer has called on European leaders to put more economic pressure on Russia, saying Donald...
Read MorePossible security pact overshadowed by need to settle EU-UK dispute over fishing rightsKeir Starmer’s hopes for a defence and security pact risk being stalled over fishing rights, as he heads to Brussels for the first...
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