Starmer scrambles to push defence spending to 3% of GDP… but how can he meet £14bn cost when Labour MPs won't let him cut benefits?

Keir Starmer has committed to defence expenditure reaching 2.7 per cent of GDP by 2027, with an 'ambition' of reaching 3 per cent in the 2030s.


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