Spend, defence budgets

More Guns, Less Butter: Starmer’s Defence Spending Splash
The urge to throw more money at defence budgets across a number of countries has become infectious.  It was bound to happen with Donald Trump’s return to
Boosted defence spending will come at cost of manifesto pledges
That’s not an aim that can be met by increasing defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP and having a vague plan to get to 3 per cent at some point in the future. (Yes, output targets are stupid in a lot of ways. But as a rule of thumb, we aren’t going to get close to something adequate if we are not spending as much as we did during the cold war.)
If Labour wants to boost defence spending there's only one option
However, it would be disingenuous to suggest that such efforts will be enough to meet all the promised increases in defence spending – which are in excess of the entire budget of some government departments – alongside other major costly challenges like an aging population and a rising demand for healthcare.
Starmer welcomes EU moves to boost defence spending
Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed an EU move to increase defence spending that was decided at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday. The package includes loans and weakened deficit rules in a bid to boost the continent's military forces.
Starmer hails ‘historic step forward’ after EU defence talks
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hailed the EU’s “historic step forward” as he spoke to leaders after the bloc backed moves to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security.In a phone call with the president of the European Council,
Starmer speaks to EU chiefs after bloc commits to boost European defence
Donald Trump expressed uncertainty that America would come to the aid of other countries in Nato if they do not meeting military spending targets.
Syrian defence ministry says operation against Assad loyalists is over
Clashes between Assad loyalists and the country's new Islamist rulers in the former president's coastal heartland have killed ...
Higher European Defence Budgets a First Step, Production Needed, NATO's Rutte Says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Higher European defence budgets and a ramp-up of production by military equipment industries are ...
Syrian defence ministry says Assad loyalists thwarted after more than 1,000 killed in clashes
The violence broke out when gunmen loyal to ousted president Bashar al-Assad ambushed a Syrian security patrol near the port ...
EU ministers to discuss joint borrowing for defence, use of existing funds
European Union finance ministers will discuss on Monday how to pay for defence through new joint borrowing, existing EU funds ...
No European defence without Germany
The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need ...
European leaders to meet in Paris to work on 'coalition of the willing' for Ukraine's defence
Paris will host two meetings of European defence leaders this week to work on a coalition for the defence of Ukraine as the ...
EU leaders agree on defence surge, support Zelenskiy after US aid freeze
European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by ...
UK pension funds stand by defence exclusion in ‘ethical’ funds
Some of the UK’s biggest pension funds have pushed back against Labour MPs calling for defence companies to be categorised as “ethical” arguing that investors deserve choice and should be able to ...