Lord Dannatt said Sir Keir Starmer had 'no option' but to follow the Prime Minister's pledge to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by the end of the decade.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps questioned why Sir Keir Starmer would not back the plan despite claiming his 'changed' party would 'never shut its eyes to the threats our country faces'.
PM pledges to put arms industry on ‘war footing’ with plan to raise defence budget to £87bn a year by 2030Britain will boost its defence spending to 2.5% of national output by the end of the decade as Rishi Sunak pledged to put the UK’s arms industry on a “war footing” in response to global threats.The prime minister’s plan, which he said would help the UK deal with an “increasingly dangerous” world, would steadily increase defence spending to £87bn a year by 2030. Continue reading
The PM says billions of extra spending will put the UK's defence industry on a "war footing".
LORD ASHCROFT: In a survey just under a year ago, I found that defence and national security was the one area in which the Conservatives were still trusted more than Labour.
The survey of more than 5,400 voters was conducted by former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft. It reveals that 45 per cent of the public do not want a Labour government.
The skin toasted Australian Minister of Defence, Richard Marles, who resembles, with each day, the product of an overly worked solarium, was adamant. Not only will Australians be paying a bill up to and above A$368 billion for nuclear powered submarines it does not need; it will also be throwing A$100 billion into the coffers of More
The prime minister said the world is "the most dangerous it's been since the end of the Cold War".
The Nothing Phone (2) is getting a large update starting this week as Nothing OS 2.5.5. The update’s headline feature is a new ChatGPT integration that makes the AI chatbot more available at any moment, plus there are other new features coming with plenty of bug fixes to round everything out. For the ChatGPT integration, … Continued Read the original post: Nothing Phone (2) Gets Big 2.5.5 Update With ChatGPT Integration
Apple delivered a solid update to its best wireless earbuds with the launch of . Apple has since turned it up to 11 with five more features added to gen-two AirPods Pro. more
Labour peer Lord Robertson of Port Ellen told the House of Lords that experts are questioning the Government’s £75 billion figure.
The chancellor says cutting services will cost "a great deal less" than allowing Russia to succeed in Ukraine.