The British government is about to outline the biggest increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War as it seeks ...

UK will spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2034, says defence secretary - The defence secretary has promised a ‘certain decade of ...

Europe’s defence spending spree could offer a golden opportunity to rebuild EU-UK relations — but only if the two sides put aside previous differences over Brexit and quickly agree a defence and ...

Defence spending at 3% of GDP by 2034 is a firm commitment, John Healey has said. The Government has previously set out its ...

The UK is quite properly in the middle of a Strategic Defence Review. My fear is that it will conclude with a brilliant analysis of the threats we face, but fail to chart a path towards building ...

However, this only represents Ministry of Defence (MOD) spending. When comparing the UK’s defence spending with other countries, a more common measure is ‘NATO-qualified defence expenditure’, which, ...

The 3.6 per cent figure would raise spending to about £93bn and take the UK closer to Poland, which shares a border with Ukraine and spends more than 4 per cent of its GDP on defence annually.

Britain should double its defence spending to respond to global threats, a former UK defence chief has suggested. Lord Stirrup, who served as head of the Armed Forces between 2006 and 2010 ...

With the UK ready to increase its defence spending, Stephen Wright thinks the stock likely to benefit the most isn’t Rolls-Royce or BAE Systems. The content of this article was relevant at the ...

UK defence spending will increase to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 while the foreign aid budget will be cut, Sir Keir Starmer has said ahead of a meeting with Donald Trump. The rise from the current 2.3% ...

A combination of factors has left the UK defence budget seriously out of balance. Key decisions on priorities will therefore need to be taken well before the Strategic Defence Review process concludes ...

UK defense chiefs have privately warned the government that plans to raise military funding to 2.5% of economic output won’t be enough, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares to make a budget ...