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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

UK foreign aid: How much is spent and who receives it as Starmer slashes budget

UK foreign aid will be slashed from 0.5 to 0.3 per cent of GDP to fund an increase in defence spending

The Independent UK

Starmer can only hope slashing aid to boost defence wins Trump’s favour

PM’s Washington trip clear impetus for abrupt news of budget switch to meet defence commitment by 2027

The Guardian - UK

Starmer slashes aid to fund major increase in defence spending

Announcement prompts concerns that PM is pandering to US president and warnings over consequences of aid cuts

The Guardian - UK

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In a frightening new era, Starmer has made his move – and may have found his calling

Diverting money from aid to the military is a grim expedient in a crisis that will surely define this prime minister’s legacy, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Starmer denies Trump is setting UK policy as defence spending is increased

The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference that he has been ‘arguing for some time’ that Europe and the UK ‘needed to do more’.

Evening Standard

‘Immediate risk to life’ for mother on hunger strike over jailed son – doctor

The Free Alaa campaign said Laila Soueif is now on the 149th day of her hunger strike and was admitted to hospital on Monday evening.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Starmer’s aid cuts: they won’t buy security, but they will undermine it

Editorial: Labour’s ‘pragmatism’ isn’t neutral – it locks the party into fiscal caution, reinforcing stagnation and fuelling the very instability it seeks to avoid

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer defends aid cuts to boost defence as ‘necessary’ amid charity criticism

Sacrificing aid funding to bolster Britain’s war chest was branded ‘reckless’ by charities and aid organisations.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Trump’s realignment: the geopolitical plates are moving. Brace for further shocks

Editorial: In siding with Russia at the UN, the US has laid bare the extent of the shift. Bilateral visits cannot disguise the underlying crisis

The Guardian - UK

Starmer slams accusation he is ‘Farage in disguise’ over defence spending increase

Sir Keir Starmer dismissed an accusation he is "Nigel Farage in disguise" over his plans to slash the foreign aid budget to hike defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP to counter “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin.

The Independent UK

Starmer accuses Farage of ‘fawning’ over Putin as Reform MPs face ‘poodles’ jibe

Reform UK MP Lee Anderson also hit back over criticism of his party colleagues during a war of words with the SNP’s Stephen Flynn.

Evening Standard

Banks and defence stocks help lift FTSE 100 after Starmer ups security spending

The blue-chip index gained 9.69 points, or 0.11%, to close at 8,668.67.

Evening Standard

Watch: Starmer defends cutting foreign aid budget to boost defence spending

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on Tuesday, 25 February, after announcing he will slash the foreign aid budget to hike defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP to counter “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin.

The Independent UK

PM’s defence plan will not lead to end of working from home – Whitehall chief

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed the current policy on office attendance will remain following Sir Keir Starmer’s warning of major challenges.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts

Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’

The National (Scotland)

Foreign Office urged by Labour MP to delay East Kilbride move after aid budget cut

The Foreign Office has been urged to pause its move from East Kilbride to Glasgow following cuts to the international development budget to boost…

The Independent UK

Farmers accuse Labour of ‘promising the world and giving us nothing’ in fresh uproar at family farm tax

During a speech to farmers that was repeatedly interrupted by hecklers and critics, the environment secretary insisted it was the Tories who were to blame for the problems faced by the agricultural industry

The Independent UK

America’s siding with tyrannical dictatorships is a step too far

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In voting to reject a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine – alongside three undemocratic regimes – Donald Trump’s desire to be a global renegade is clear. It is a turning point that must be faced up to, in all its enormity

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The Independent UK

Starmer balancing the books on backs of poorest, former minister suggests

Andrew Mitchell told the Commons he supported Sir Keir Starmer’s strategic direction to bolster defence spending, but argued he has ‘choices’.

The National (Scotland)

'A betrayal': Charities react as Keir Starmer cuts aid to fund defence spending

Save the Children and Water Aid have criticised the Prime Minister’s “reckless” decision to cut the aid budget in order to increase defence…

The Guardian - UK

Starmer must take baton from Macron in effort to sway Trump on Ukraine

UK and France need to convince US to align with them over Ukraine, while at the UN Trump openly sides with Russia

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UK Prime Minister Pledges Increased Defense Spending By 2027

UK Prime Minister announces defense spending increase to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, emphasizing support for Ukraine and NATO alliance in response to European ins...

Evening Standard

Starmer vows to investigate defence statement leak as Hoyle calls out redaction

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle asked the Prime Minister if he had provided redacted parts of his statement to the media or if it had been leaked.

The Guardian - US

Apple and the UK play a round of security tennis

The tech giant bets Starmer will fold, Musk faces GOP pushback and tech sees returns on Trump investment

Evening Standard

Charities ‘shocked’ and ‘stunned’ by decision to cut aid to fund defence spending

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a dramatic increase in defence spending from the current 2.3% to 2.5% by 2027.

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