U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to Washington on a trip aimed at persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain ...

Britain will accelerate an increase to its defense spending, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, on the eve of a ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027 ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said the move would amount to an increase in expenditure of 13.4 billion pounds, or ...

Keir Starmer is clearing the decks ahead of his trip to see Donald Trump. Contrary to expectations, the government ...

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an investment that he hopes will help persuade U.S. President Donald ...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will increase defense spending to nearly $17 billion annually by 2027, as Russian aggression in Europe remains a chief concern.

Starmer’s hastily assembled proposal paid for with the low-hanging fruit of overseas aid does not allay the demands of the ...

The announced increase — valued at just shy of $17 billion per year — is above NATO’s recommendation that its members spend 2% of GDP on defense.