Keir Starmer: Labour wants to increase defence spending to 2.5%

Sir Keir Starmer reiterates Labour's commitment to the UK having nuclear weapons to "keep Britain safe".

A Labour government would aim to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP "as soon as resources allow", Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The Labour leader also told the i newspaper he would conduct a strategic review of defence and security "to be clear what the priorities are".

Sir Keir's aim matches that of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who has also said he wants defence spending to rise to 2.5%

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"as soon as resources allow"

Sir Keir's aim matches that of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Just a tactical statement to win over any floating voters for whom this might be the deal-breaker, with a caveat that there might never be enough resources to allow it then?
- Simply have the NHS staffed by military medics, save the NHS and increase defence spending with one weird trick
  
  Instead of phoning 999 you just shout "medic!"
- Update now I've actually bothered to read the article:
  
  Writing in the Daily Mail
  
  So yes, I think I was right!
Probably quite sensible given Russian foreign policy recently.
- Very sensible. We shouldn't be relying on good old Uncle Sam, he may well throw us under the ~~tank~~ bus anyway.

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