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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Besley

Lammy to urge allies to boost defence spending to make Nato ‘more lethal’

Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

David Lammy is set to call on the UK’s Nato allies to increase defence spending to make the alliance “stronger, fairer and more lethal”.

The Foreign Office said the Foreign Secretary will tell allies at a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday that boosting defence spending is the collective duty of Nato members to improve safety in the face of long-term and interconnected threats from Russia and its enablers.

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