Keir Starmer has refused to urgently boost military spending amid a defence crisis in Europe. Government sources said he was still planning to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on the Armed Forces ...

Lord Dannatt said: 'Unless Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves can find ways of producing more money, well beyond 2.5 per cent towards 3 per cent or 3.5 per cent for starters, then this Strategic ...

Sir Chris Bryant appears to undermine the PM’s case for the controversial move after saying a UN body could not close communication channels ...

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Keir Starmer has confirmed he could send British troops to Ukraine to keep the peace if a deal is signed - and is "ready and willing" to do so. The announcement is the first time the Prime ...

Sir Keir Starmer is ready to send British soldiers to Ukraine, he will announce on Monday. Troops could be put on the ground as part of a peacekeeping force in the country if a deal to end the ...

Keir Starmer’s Labour government has committed to raising defence spending to 2.5% of economic output from around 2.3% now but has not yet set out a timetable. British Prime Minister Keir ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is prepared to put "our own troops on the ground if necessary" in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia. Ahead of an "emergency meeting" of European ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing to overrule his finance minister Rachel Reeves and order more defence spending, after the United States demanded that Europe pays more for its ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands giveaway was plunged into fresh controversy on Saturday night after the former Mauritian prime minister who masterminded the deal was interrogated in a money ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days that he will press the Egyptian government to release her son LONDON -- British Prime Minister Keir ...