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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Starmer to commit to spending 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 at Nato summit

The UK will increase spending on defence and security to 5% of GDP but not until 2035, the Prime Minister is set to announce at a meeting of Nato leaders.

The target, expected to be formally agreed by Nato countries at a summit in The Hague this week, includes spending 3.5% on “core defence” and another 1.5% on “resilience and security”.

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