UK to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, PM says

[TASS Russian News Agency] - 02/25/2025

Keir Starmer said that London would fund the increase in defense spending by cutting funding for overseas aid from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3% by 2027



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