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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Labour aims to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP

HMS Anson departs a BAE Systems shipyard
HMS Anson, a submarine designed and built for the Royal Navy, departs a BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria in 2023. Photograph: BAE Systems/PA

Labour will aim to raise the UK’s defence spending to 2.5% of GDP “as soon as resources allow”, Keir Starmer has said.

The party leader told the i newspaper that defence was “the number one issue for any government” in a world where international threats had risen and the situation was “more volatile” than it had been for many years.

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