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Sophie Wingate

Nato chief: UK needs credible path of yearly hikes to hit defence spending goal

Nato secretary general Mark Rutte met Andy Burnham during his UK visit (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK needs a “credible path” towards hitting its Nato defence spending target – with increases every year, the alliance’s chief Mark Rutte has said.

The Nato secretary general told the Press Association that members of the defensive alliance “have to stick to that path” towards allocating 3.5% of gross domestic product – a measure of the size of the economy – for core defence spending by 2035, and set out “yearly increments”.

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