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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

UK to spend 5% of GDP on security as wars rage in Europe and Middle East, says Starmer ahead of Nato summit

Sir Keir Starmer is committing the UK to spend five per cent of GDP on national security amid growing threats and wars in Europe and the Middle East.

Ahead of a Nato summit in The Hague, the Prime Minister published Britain’s National Security Strategy (NSS) to protect the nation from hostile states, terror groups, energy blackouts and crime gangs.

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