1 week ago Keir Starmer must come to the defence of his chancellor’s spending review

Editorial: In spite of Rachel Reeves’s much-vaunted increase in MoD expenditure, a rise to 2.6 per cent of GDP can only be achieved by draining the overseas aid budget, reallocating intelligence agency funds, and other sleights of hand. When the prime minister faces Nato leaders, including Donald Trump, he will have no choice but to spin the numbers

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2 w. ago Russia is already at war with Britain and we can no longer rely on Trump, defence adviser warns

‘Russia is at war with us’, one of the authors of Sir Keir Starmer’s flagship strategic defence review has warned

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2 w. ago Russia's ambassador to the UK blames BRITAIN for Ukraine's attack on its airfields that saw 40 planes destroyed

As many as 40 Russian aircraft at five separate bases were destroyed by Ukraine as part of the covert Operation Spiderweb launched on Sunday.

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3 w. ago ‘We have no plans to attack Britain,' say Russia’s London diplomats as defence review lays out Putin threats

The Strategic Defence Review mentions Russia 33 times and tells of the ‘immediate and pressing threat’ posed by Putin’s regime

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3 w. ago Brits threatened with 'painful' deaths in a nuclear apocalypse as Putin hits back at PM

After Sir Keir Starmer yesterday unveiled his defence review, one of Vladimir Putin's leading mouthpieces said he 'can't understand why the British have gone mad'

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3 w. ago Voices: ‘The money tree appears to have grown again’: Readers react to Starmer’s defence review

Our community is divided on Starmer’s push to make Britain ‘war-ready’. While some supported it as a smart move in uncertain times, others felt the money should go to urgent needs at home

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3 w. ago Putin threat of biological attack on UK streets: Novichok poisonings in Salisbury were 'wake

The Novichok poisoning in Salisbury were a “wake-up call” to the threat from Vladimir Putin’s Russia of a chemical or biological attack on Britain’s streets, says Defence Secretary John Healey.

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3 w. ago UK's threats from FOUR countries amid fears of nuclear and biological warfare

The UK faces multiple threats as the world becomes increasingly unstable with Prime Minister Keir Starmer ordering a review to enhance the country's defence capabilities, setting it on the path of war readiness

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3 w. ago Strategic defence review live: Starmer reveals largest increase in spending since Cold War as UK faces ‘new era of threat’

John Healey warns ‘new era’ for UK defence needed as ‘threats we face now more serious and less predictable than at any time since end of Cold War’

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3 w. ago Watch: Furious Lindsay Hoyle scolds Keir Starmer over defence review ‘leaks’

Sir Lindsay Hoyle accused the government of committing a “blatant breach” of the ministerial code over how it released details of a major defence review on Monday, 2 June.

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3 w. ago From a ‘more lethal’ army to extra AI – what’s in Starmer’s strategic defence review?

The Independent looks at the outcome of the strategic defence review

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3 w. ago Strategic defence review live: Details of Starmer’s military plan revealed as Army to be ‘10 times more lethal’

But prime minister fails to make firm commitment to 3 per cent defence spending target

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3 w. ago Defence review plans will make army ‘10 times more lethal’, says John Healey – politics live

Defence secretary says ‘the world is more dangerous’ as he addresses MPs about strategic defence reviewHere is the clip of Keir Starmer in his Today programme interview refusing to say when the government will raise defence spending to 3% of GDP.In an interview with the Times published on Saturday John Healey, the defence secretary, said that he had “no doubt” that Britain would reach the 3% target by 2034 – ie, before the end of the next parliament. Yesterday he described this as an “ambition”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Strategic defence review live: Starmer pledges to make UK ‘battle

Starmer fails to make firm commitment to 3% defence spending target

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3 w. ago Voices: That’s fighting talk, prime minister – but can you deliver?

In the face of Russian aggression, Keir Starmer says he must ready the country for war, by increasing military spending and building a platoon of nuclear submarines – but, as Mark Almond cautions, perhaps the only thing the Ministry of Defence can be guaranteed to produce on time are defence reviews

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3 w. ago 'Keir Starmer's psychotic defence review means Britain is no longer one of the good guys'

Keir Starmer's defence review suggests keeping the peace by being more aggressive. We've been here before, says Fleet Street Fox

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3 w. ago 'Chunky tax rises' needed to pay for defence plan to make UK 'war ready' in face of Putin threat, warns IFS

Sir Keir Starmer launched the Strategic Defence Review amid lingering questions about the amount of money committed to military spending

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer says 25,000 Scottish defence jobs protected by Labour funding boost as he attacks SNP on Trident

Starmer made the commitment as he launched the Strategic Defence Review at the BAE site in Govan.

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3 w. ago Strategic defence review live: Starmer says UK moving to ‘war

PM outlines new measures to put nation on war footing

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3 w. ago Strategic defence review live: Starmer warns of Russia threat as he launches plan to ready UK for war

Britain ‘cannot ignore the threat’ of Russia, PM warns

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