UK PM Starmer announces £15bn defence spending boost, prioritising military over welfare
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Andrew Murray
4d ago· 4 min readenNews
Summary
The article reports on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's defence investment plan that boosts military spending by £15 billion, with commitments to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP in the next parliament and 3.5% by 2035. The funding is directed toward drones, fighter jets, nuclear arms, and weapons stockpiles. The piece frames this as a choice of "warfare over welfare" and characterizes it as Starmer's outgoing legacy.
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bskyUK PM Starmer announces £15bn defence spending boost, prioritising military over welfaremorningstaronline.co.ukKey quotes
· 4 pulledWARFARE before welfare is Keir Starmer's chosen legacy as the outgoing Prime Minister deluged the military with cash today.
The long-awaited defence investment plan boosts military spending by £15 billion, an increase of £1.5bn over the last two weeks, extra cash wrung out of the Treasury by new Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis.
Mr Jarvis confirmed that the figure will rise further to 3 per cent of gross domestic product in the next parliament, and to 3.5 per cent by 2035.
The extra cash is to be splurged on drones above all, as well as fighter jets, nuclear arms and a larger weapons stockpile.
WARFARE before welfare is Keir Starmer’s chosen legacy as the outgoing Prime Minister deluged the military with cash today.The long-awaited defence investment plan boosts military spending by £15 billion, an increase of £1.5bn over the last two weeks, ext
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